Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Actual posting at my work

The company I work for has an electronic bulletin board where people can sell stuff, advertise fundraisers, etc. One of today's postings:

My wife is sewing disabled and needs a pair of pants hemmed for my son . Willing to pay. Any help from someone would be greatly appreciated.
WTF!!! His wife is sewing disabled and his wife needs a pair of pants hemmed for his son. Is he sewing disabled also? Would he like his son's pants to get hemmed? I guess it doesn't matter here, since clearly clothing his son is the responsibility of his wife.

This post isn't even that offensive, it just shows how gender roles get reinforced by the everyday little jokes that occur.