• Glide@lemmy.ca
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    Oh come off it. You and I both know that the man in this image is not the butt of the “joke,” and it’s an insult to both our intelligence to pretend otherwise. Fucking sad that it’s 2025 and we’re still defending pathetic positions like “the only thing that really impresses women is wealth” under the guise of shit like “no, no, see, he’s old, so it’s actually a deep and nuanced boomer humor Facebook post from Grandpa.”

    Sling insults and argue ad hominem to try and deflect all you want, this meme is base level, early 2000s sexism.

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      Once again, the joke is not that the only thing that impresses women is wealth, it’s that the old guy can only impress women with wealth (or rather that’s his best shot) otherwise why do you think it’s specifically an old guy in the picture? Why isn’t it just a guy?

      I can’t help if you can’t interpret a simple 2 sentence, 1 picture meme.

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        Because that is the target audience, but not the explicit message.

        Your bias colors the post in a light that is favorable to your interpretation. Interpreted from a wider lens, it is genuinely perpetuating sexism. You’ve simply internalized it.

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          He. The fact that you assumed I’m a woman explains a lot about why you’d defend this.