An interesting chat at work: A colleague was reading a news paper article about racism in the job market, stating that a young job seeker had been advised to change her name from Jordan to Elizabeth. My colleague stated that he didn't think this was racism, but class-ism, remarking that Elizabeth is classier than Jordan, not more British.
I liked his point, it made me think that if someone told me I was to meet a lady called Jordan to interview I would have no pre-conception of her race. My pre-conception of Elizabeth however, was that she would be better dressed. My colleague then took the point a step further, stating he wouldn't date a girl with the same first name as a wine.
That's when it hit me
This wasn't class-ism, or racism, IT WAS SEXISM!
Whatever happened to the days of Audrey Hepburn? A women to be treasured and worshipped, change her name to Chardonay Hepburn and she becomes a glitter soaked vajazzled sexbeast! Michelle Pfeiffer => Lambrini Pfeiffer.
The true horror of this insidious state of affairs only becomes apparent when you show the difference between the sexes. Lets flip it around and see what happens to our men under this new regime:
- Johhny Shiraz
- Mike Bordeaux
- Ronny Budweiser
- Little Bobby Shandy
- James Hofmeister
All of a sudden these guys are comic book super heroes! Fighting for Good, Justice and Honour, but they have been subverted by the machine - unwitting soldiers in the war against the fairer sex!
Makes you think, doesn't it?
