class moron

Tonight I went to my Sociology 4460 Women and Society class. What a strange class it was.

First of all, I sat next to a woman that works at Jesse's company. Now I can't share with the class the crack smoking and whoring around Jesse and I do on weekends. Great.

Then, the token "class moron" made herself known to the group tonight. She reared her ugly head on several occasions.

First, we were talking about general inequality issues. She said that women and men aren't equal because men's bodies were made to be strong and lift things and women's bodies were made to nurture and raise children. Oh. I was going to say something but I had a schizophrenic moment and heard a voice in my head, I think it was my mother's, telling me that if I don't have anything nice to say, I shouldn't say anything at all.

Then we were talking about the different ways men and women are treated when they work in fields that historically have been dominated by the opposite gender. An example one woman gave was police officers who are women. She made the point that they are treated differently, she did not say whether the treatment was better or worse. Class moron spoke up and said "Well, actually I saw some research that said that women police officers are more respected than men so that's not true. Yeah. I saw it on an ABC News report." Mother? Is that you?

And again, we were discussing gender inequality. Nothing specific, not that it is bad or good, just that it exists. Class moron said "Well, I for one hope that we keep some inequality. I mean, sometimes I like to wear skirts and look pretty." At that point I'm pretty sure I heard my mother say, "that's it, have at her..."