It isn't sexist to say "You drive like a woman"

[Warrior]

Why am I an idiot? Is it because I like beat down low, and my top let back? Cause you can see me ridin' 24's with a chopper in the back? Cause I like my Kenwood high and your top let back? Or because my rims sit high and my windows pitch black?

buahahaha

[rabbit]

I do, seat leaning back music bumping windows down smokin a philly. You know

You're an idiot.

Why am I an idiot? Is it because I like beat down low, and my top let back? Cause you can see me ridin' 24's with a chopper in the back? Cause I like my Kenwood high and your top let back? Or because my rims sit high and my windows pitch black?

No, you're just an idiot.

[MyndFyre]

Why am I an idiot? Is it because I like beat down low, and my top let back? Cause you can see me ridin' 24's with a chopper in the back? Cause I like my Kenwood high and your top let back? Or because my rims sit high and my windows pitch black?

No, you're just an idiot.

It takes a group of people, applies a stereotype to all of them, then demeans that group by making fun of that stereotype. That's basically the definition of racism/sexism. I think there's a strong difference between having a sense of humour and laughing at racist/sexist comments.

But it isn't demeaning unless you (as the member of the group) take it to be!  That's the whole point!  Nobody ever means anything by it - that's why it's funny!  It's just like when Newby calls someone a "nigger" - I think I can gauge his personality well enough to know that he doesn't mean it in the same way as I described in my post.  A word isn't intrinsically "-ist" in any way - it's all about who's saying it and what they mean.

[iago]

But it isn't demeaning unless you (as the member of the group) take it to be!  That's the whole point!  Nobody ever means anything by it - that's why it's funny!  It's just like when Newby calls someone a "nigger" - I think I can gauge his personality well enough to know that he doesn't mean it in the same way as I described in my post.  A word isn't intrinsically "-ist" in any way - it's all about who's saying it and what they mean.

But it is demeaning, because people do mean something by it. I don't know what the proper name is, but I've heard it called passive racism. It's really the same as calling somebody a fag, which is passive gay bashing. For the joke to actually be understood, you have to understand that we're superior to women/black people/homosexuals in some way, so applying their traits to somebody is funny.

In other words, by saying that someone being a woman/black person/homosexual is bad, you're implying that those traits are bad, and, thus, it's racism, albeit passive.

[Hitmen]

iago, you're such a nigger

[trust]

So I was playing Girltalk for my mom today when I was driving home, which was kind of weird. She was picking out the old songs the rap is mixed with (it has Elton John, Styx, Peter Frampton, Fleetwood Mac, etc.)

It's a good CD to bump with the windows down and seats leanin'.