Although they were
very interesting, I was not a fan of the Vanity Fair articles about women being
funny. Maybe there is a little truth in both of the readings, but that just
doesn’t seem balanced or fair. I know plenty of men that like all humor, male
or female. Unfortunately, when talking about a perfect girl, being a comedian
isn’t exactly on the list. Why is this? Surely men don’t have as big of a confidence
issue as Vanity Fair made it out to be. A girl that makes people laugh results
in taking dominance away from them seems exaggerated. I hope it is, because, if
not, we haven’t made as much progress as I thought since the feminist movement
began.
The
second article was even more aggravating. Girls can actually be really funny,
but only if they are Jewish, lesbian, hideous, or extremely hot. Can’t there
just be a funny girl, without an outrageous label that stays true to its
ability to make people laugh. If she is attractive, she will probably be
portrayed as dumb or awkward. If she is Jewish, she’s got chutzpah. A lesbian is outrageous, and the hideous comedians
just make fun of themselves. This isn’t fair to the people that don’t fall into
these categories.
I
know the articles had truth to them, I just didn’t like hearing that I, as a
girl that doesn’t fall into those labels, can’t ever be a comedian. The funny
thing is that I never really wanted to be a comedian in the first place. I just
really don’t like it when someone, or society as a whole, says I can’t do
something. Only I should be able to decide what I want to do with my life, and
my gender should not have anything to do with it.
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