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WTF is this??

Posted by A birch tree on June 14, 2008

So I sent an e-mail to my wife, and on the “Congratulations! We decided to work, this time!” page, there was this advertisement:

WTF is this all about??

I followed the link, and it just went to some generic MSN portal page, and it took me several minutes of head-scratching before I noticed that the portal was for MSN Arabia. Which is substantially more offensive than if it had been a link to a nudie mag or dating site or something, because now instead of catering to individual misogynists, it’s catering to a stereotype of embedded cultural misogyny and saying “Hey, arab dudes, we get ya! Leave the wife locked in the kitchen and come read the news!”

I’m incensed. Too incensed to do or think or say anything constructive. Refer to Fig. 3-7.

This entry was posted on June 14, 2008 at 18:53 and is filed under Feminism, Media, Misogyny. Tagged: , , . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “WTF is this??”

  1. whatsername said

    June 15, 2008 at 13:12

    A grown up version of a “No girls allowed” sign, perhaps?

  2. rychousmama said

    June 16, 2008 at 0:51

    Right, because Arab women are apparently too stupid to read the news. According to white men.
    I hate MSN.

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