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Gender Issues Class

posted 19 years ago by rinaldi-15
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I though that this running joke was the best part of this movie. This whole joke is hilarious if you have ever taken a gender issues course, you know that they are the most ridiculous pieces of garbage you will ever find at the collegiate level.

Pure comedic genius!

I took one that dealt primarily with issues of gender in the military/law enforcement/fire department...

The class tried to teach something out of nothing, and when I wasn't drooling on my desk I was revelling at the idiocy of the comments made by the multitude of pseudointellectuals in the class.

One of my favorite comments was about the common inability of women to handle fireman ladders or axes... "We should develop electric axes or something that can amplify the force that they exert on an object, or make ladders out of alloys that can be more easily handled by women." moronic.

Any other funny stories?

[–] CJ-Diggs 17 years ago

'he was in my gender issues of the wild west class' or something, funny.

[–] kawaiirocker 14 years ago

I took a gender issues class in college too. It was a little more substantial though. It was called Gender and Power in History and talked about gender roles throughout history and in different societies. The final project was an oral report/powerpoint presentation and I did mine about gender stereotypes in video games and among gamers and got an A+ and was one of the favorite presentations among my classmates. I had a handful of transgendered and lesbian classmates and while they were very cool people they had a level of stereotypicalness to them, but there was nothing outrageous said in class discussion. It was actually a cool class and I'm glad I was able to take it as a substitute for my regular world civ or history credits.
But I agree, this is one of those fluff courses at any college or university and usually an excuse to further stereotypes of mysogyny or militant feminism so I'm glad they threw that in there as a running gag. It's part of college life that you have those ridiculous courses that are an attempt to be new agey, multicultural, progessive, outside-the-box-thinking, etc that everyone takes and has some crazy oddly specific theme such as The Impact of Global Warming on the Ritual Dances of the Pygmies of the Congo. Probably one of the few stand-out funny jokes in this movie.

And yes, I know I'm replying to your comment 5 years late but I'm just now seeing and IMDBing Puddle Cruiser

[–] filmschooldegree (350) 4 years ago

Any other funny stories?

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