Hmmm...
Many archaeologists have recently decided that most cave paintings were probably made by women.
OK, how does the fact that those are
now recognized as made by women prove that
modern men are sexist? Yes, western culture, as progressive as it is, still has problems regarding sexism and the role of women in history, but if anything this proves that modern archaeologists are
more open-minded than their predecesors in their assumptions.
It's a shame because there's nothing inflammatory or troll-baitish in this article (except maybe for that joke about the female gladiator whose "weapon" was originally described as "a cleaning tool -- because cleaning is a thing that women do," and even then, it was described as a cleaning tool because that is what it is. It's a
strigil, a tool for the cleansing of the body by scraping off dirt, sweat and oil before bathing that just happens to look like a sickle or a scythe sometimes. It's also the most common object found on the memorials of athletes, so that woman could have very well being a female athlete. But I took it first as a joke and a research fail,
then as something inflammatory).
James Bond: "Red wine with fish. Well, that should have told me something."
Red Grant: "You may know the right wines, but you're the one on your knees. How does it feel, old man?"
– From Russia with Love
"This woman is an idiot without a basic grasp of the English language, and the guy is an abusive creepy weirdo."
– JamesT's review of Fifty Shades of Grey.