I was reading the comments section of an article about Shawn Hannity shilling for Donald trump and it struck me that there's a very big difference in how these insults are used.
When a woman shows subservience to a more powerful woman (say, Wasserman-Schultz to Clinton), people don't throw sexual submission jokes at her.
But when one man shows subservience to another (Hannity to Trump) it's all about "bet his asshole hurts," and "it's hard to speak clearly when your mouth is wrapped around your boss' organ"
Do you suppose this is because people envision lesbian sex as being an endeavor between equals, or possibly role-switching, but they envision gay sex as _always_ one of a dominant and a submissive?
(I don't think this is true of homosexual sex, although I really wouldn't know; I just assume it is as diverse as hetero sex in terms of the lack of prevalence of stereotype adherence.)
But do you suppose that's why this language comes out strong in the case of male-to-male submission (beta/subservient, whatevs) discussion versus female to female?
Obviously, when a female is metaphorically sucking up to a male of higher status, the subservient sex jokes come out, we know that's the assumed stereotype. And when a male does it to a higher-ranked female, sexual jokes aren't the language of disdain, usually.
Anyway, piqued my interest this morning.
When a woman shows subservience to a more powerful woman (say, Wasserman-Schultz to Clinton), people don't throw sexual submission jokes at her.
But when one man shows subservience to another (Hannity to Trump) it's all about "bet his asshole hurts," and "it's hard to speak clearly when your mouth is wrapped around your boss' organ"
Do you suppose this is because people envision lesbian sex as being an endeavor between equals, or possibly role-switching, but they envision gay sex as _always_ one of a dominant and a submissive?
(I don't think this is true of homosexual sex, although I really wouldn't know; I just assume it is as diverse as hetero sex in terms of the lack of prevalence of stereotype adherence.)
But do you suppose that's why this language comes out strong in the case of male-to-male submission (beta/subservient, whatevs) discussion versus female to female?
Obviously, when a female is metaphorically sucking up to a male of higher status, the subservient sex jokes come out, we know that's the assumed stereotype. And when a male does it to a higher-ranked female, sexual jokes aren't the language of disdain, usually.
Anyway, piqued my interest this morning.
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