Right? I feel like they think it’s a serious thing. My girlfriends and I use the term ironically, as I imagine most people do. I don’t really think any of us are too concerned if other people care if we look good, competent, whatever when we use it. Just something to giggle about.
Now if we want to go after gendered phrases - I think ‘man up’ should cause anyone being told that to stay far away from whoever is saying it.
I agree with you on ‘man up’. That said, I know it’s a joke and I’m totally fine with jokes of any kind in the right context. What I’m talking about primarily is when someone is in a poor overall financial situation. Then uses the phrase as a justification for making their situation worse with terrible spending. Joking about a thing vs normalizing a detrimental behavior is kinda what I mean. Idk I don’t think people shouldn’t say it in general it’s just something thats been on my mind recently. Mostly because one particularly annoying person in my life uses it a lot.
Right? I feel like they think it’s a serious thing. My girlfriends and I use the term ironically, as I imagine most people do. I don’t really think any of us are too concerned if other people care if we look good, competent, whatever when we use it. Just something to giggle about.
Now if we want to go after gendered phrases - I think ‘man up’ should cause anyone being told that to stay far away from whoever is saying it.
Girls can say “girl math” because they’re girls. Black people can use the N word.
It’s not derogatory if it’s used by the group.
It does perpetuate negative attitudes about women though.
I agree with you on ‘man up’. That said, I know it’s a joke and I’m totally fine with jokes of any kind in the right context. What I’m talking about primarily is when someone is in a poor overall financial situation. Then uses the phrase as a justification for making their situation worse with terrible spending. Joking about a thing vs normalizing a detrimental behavior is kinda what I mean. Idk I don’t think people shouldn’t say it in general it’s just something thats been on my mind recently. Mostly because one particularly annoying person in my life uses it a lot.