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Things We Saw Today: Straight Men Are at It Again With Sexist Christmas Cards

Rachel Leishman

Published: Dec 21, 2021 05:06 pm

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The latest in horrible things that straight me think are funny comes in the form of their sexist Christmas cards. For some reason, there is a trend where men have their wives and daughters with tape over their mouths and tied up, sometimes even including the man and sons holding their thumbs up, to show that there is now “peace on Earth” because the women in their lives have been silenced. Funny, right?

It’s horrible, and the fact that there are multiple versions of this card show that it isn’t just a one-off bad card! It is a trend, and it has me questioning whether or not straight men are okay …

straight male humor is just like “i regret getting married and i fucking hate my kids LOL 😂 right fellas?” pic.twitter.com/8huAbKQCw3

— matt (@mattxiv) December 21, 2021

If my husband (who I don’t have yet, so maybe this is why) ever came to me and said, “Let’s take a picture that we’ll send to our families where I’ve silenced you and finally found peace,” I would simply respond with some divorce papers. Not only is the joke rooted in sexism, but it also comes across as if the men in these pictures absolutely hate their families.

So if you are planning on taking a picture where anyone in your family is taped up and silenced because you think you don’t care about them or want to hear them talk, maybe don’t!

(image: Fox)

Here are some other stories we saw out there today:

https://t.co/Fi9vGh7o3U pic.twitter.com/TLleHIAtk3

— Trespassers W (@AdmiralZachBarr) December 20, 2021
Tom Hiddleston teases what’s ahead for Loki in season 2. (via Gizmodo)
Time for your annual reminder that, according to A Christmas Carol, Bob Cratchit makes 15 shillings a week. Adjusted for inflation, that’s $530.27/wk, $27,574/yr, or $13.50/hr.

Most Americans on minimum wage earn less than a Dickensian allegory for destitution.

— Chris Thompson (@DrChrisThompson) December 18, 2021
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Daily Mail 21 years ago pic.twitter.com/urc1Wie3jA

— Matthew Ball (OOO) (@ballmatthew) December 19, 2021

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Rachel Leishman

Rachel Leishman (She/Her) is an Assistant Editor at the Mary Sue. She's been a writer professionally since 2016 but was always obsessed with movies and television and writing about them growing up. A lover of Spider-Man and Wanda Maximoff's biggest defender, she has interests in all things nerdy and a cat named Benjamin Wyatt the cat. If you want to talk classic rock music or all things Harrison Ford, she's your girl but her interests span far and wide. Yes, she knows she looks like Florence Pugh. She has multiple podcasts, normally has opinions on any bit of pop culture, and can tell you can actors entire filmography off the top of her head. Her current obsession is Glen Powell's dog, Brisket. Her work at the Mary Sue often includes Star Wars, Marvel, DC, movie reviews, and interviews.