Comments on: Facebook memes and sexism

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 13:18:54 +0000

In reply to Cynthia. That’s kind of my point. These aren’t things we should kid around with.

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:48:16 +0000

In reply to Russel.G. So, what are the attributes of a prince then that they supposedly want (assuming that is the case since there are no character traits mentioned in the image at all)?

By: Russel.G

Russel.G — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:43:32 +0000

In reply to Kim Siever. Or, another way of looking at it is that the princely attributes sought after by the young women who like this phrase are not wealth and power in a worldly sense. With the temple as the focus of their marital aspirations, as indicated by the focus on the temple in the photo, they are looking for young men who recognize they are sons of the Heavenly King, and who honor that identity and act accordingly. It's easier to see this meaning than the so-called "sexist" meaning, for me anyway.

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:34:17 +0000

Here is another post on one of the memes:

http://www.dovesandserpents.org/wp/2011/10/rotten-to-the-core/

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:31:41 +0000

Dude, they are kidding around.
Trust me, nice people always treat each other equally. And the ones who don’t, it will come biting them someday!

By: Ayesha

Ayesha — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:17:27 +0000

I just adore these memes on Facebook! I just enjoy them and sometimes gets touched by them.

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:51:18 +0000

In reply to jks. Unfortunately, â€œprinceâ€ connotes wealth and (at least political) power.

By: jks

jks — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:25:42 +0000

I object the least to the temple pic. The rest are too sexist for me. The temple one isn’t too bad since it has some positives connotations to it (the priority in a spouse isn’t about wealth or power, but about values and character).

By: el oso

el oso — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:09:55 +0000

The first two, I did not find so bad. Maybe because locking a grown person in the trunk of a car is so ridiculous to me, unless they want to get in. It is like a cliched gangster trick. We also have small children and constantly stress not getting in anywhere you can get locked inside.
The second one can be construed as allusion straight from scripture. It is not how most adults would phrase it, but youth would like it. Of course, there are plenty of scriptures that are sexist in today’s view.