Burger King UK is groveling over its "Women belong in the kitchen" tweet.
It just reminds me that the dominant culture nowadays honors women who work in any kitchen but their own. Because the latter is oppressive or something.
My much better half recently picked up an Angela Davis (!) book from two generations ago and paged through it.
In it, the celebrated Marxist author proposed that women be liberated from housework by instead having teams of workers handle such things.
Who would be more likely to make up such teams, she wondered? Naturally, such workers would be honored in the new order. But the bottom line was that working in the home is laudable for women only if it's someone else's home.
And here we are.
They tried to make a joke. In today's political climate, that's extremely dangerous.
ReplyDeleteespecially if you aren't a comedian. Or have good writers.
DeleteA good writer risks writing jokes which might be remembered after standards change -- though, at the pace at which standards are changing, that is a risk run by even mediocre comedians.
DeleteWe have yet to see that stop you, Todd.
DeleteIn it, the celebrated Marxist author proposed that women be liberated from housework by instead having teams of workers handle such things.
ReplyDeleteSounds like Downton Abbey.