The causes of Glas

Julio_Geordio · June 9, 2016, 2:11pm

Gman:

any interest in sexism @glasagusban? Is telling someone to run like they left the immersion on being sexist?

http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/run-like-you-left-the-immersion-on-everyday-sexism-and-the-mini-marathon-1.2677199

[quote]Last Monday I was a participant in the “fast jogger” category of the women’s mini-marathon, running with my aunt, a victor over breast cancer, in Dublin on a hot summer’s day.
On three occasions I was exposed to what what I would consider sexism in the form of “motivational” slogans: “Run like you left the immersion on!”, “The N11 never looked so good!” and “Don’t worry, ladies, the hair still looks gorgeous!”
The first two slogans appeared in fabric stretched across the footbridge of the Stillorgan dual-carriageway.
The latter was shouted by a member of the Order of Malta. To my astonishment, most women around me did not find fault with any of these slogans.
In fact, they cheered on the troglodyte and seemed genuinely validated by his creepy flattery.
Are the old concepts of our worth as women so embedded into the female Irish psyche that comments such as these automatically elicit a positive response of appreciation or, at the very least, an embarrassed smile? The simple answer is yes.
Men and women alike are often unable to even identify sexist remarks or undertones. They defend and deny its existence.
Unimpressed with the race slogans, I raised the question as to whether they were indeed sexist with my peers; particularly the reference to “leaving the immersion on”.
I was shut down when I raised the issue of the immersion slogan on social media. A male friend retorted: “That’s a fairly gender neutral motivational poster, men also worry over energy costs.” My friend and one of his (female) supporters then went on to bemoan the fact that men dressed as women who ran the race were not awarded medals, plus the the fact that it was a women-only event and that the title bore the word “marathon”.
More back and forthing ensued with my friend arguing that we would find similar immersion jokes and variants thereof in mixed races.
In the tens of races I have run across the country, I have not encountered such motivational posters. But the fact of the matter was that my aunt and I were not running a in a mixed race: that was not the context in which the message was conveyed. The target audience was 40,000 women – not men – and, although the message is misleading, the context is crystal clear.
Messages like these are an extension of washing-up liquid advertisements, women marvelling at the wonders of carpet cleaner, “does my bum look big in this” yoghurt ads, and, my favourite, those that purport to celebrate the female.
These messages in advertising and those motivational slogans on the N11 reinforce and normalise gender stereotypes, particularly as regards women’s place.
Why is it that men and women of this country continue to deny the presence of institutionalised sexism? [/quote]

Do you know what the really offensive thing about this is. People still flogging that lame unfunny immersion joke.

myboyblue · June 9, 2016, 2:12pm

They should have gone with the “late for mass” alternative. Could you imagine what they’d have said about that?

Julio_Geordio · June 9, 2016, 2:18pm

Run like it’s starting to rain and you’ve left the washing out

anon61956325 · June 9, 2016, 2:18pm

Fuck all. The church is yesterdays news… If you’re not a minority or female we are not interested.

anon61956325 · June 9, 2016, 2:22pm

How many women are dying from cancer all round the world that would only love to be healthy and being sexually discriminated against while running 5k?

myboyblue · June 9, 2016, 2:24pm

Run like your husband is chasing you with his belt.

Julio_Geordio · June 9, 2016, 2:26pm

Run like you are a man

anon61956325 · June 9, 2016, 2:26pm

Run like husband has come home plastered and wants to do you up the arse… i’ve left that one open to get em running too and from their husband’s throbbing member.

myboyblue · June 9, 2016, 2:27pm

Run like a black fella.

anon61956325 · June 9, 2016, 2:27pm

Ah now that will never work - you’ve the likes of @Bandage, @Mac and @Locke only doing 5k in 25mins ffs.

Fran · June 9, 2016, 2:46pm

Run like a cunt

Bandage · June 9, 2016, 2:50pm

24 minutes.

@Rocko 's sprint training in Berlin 4 years ago looks very prescient* now.

Have I used prescient in the right context?

anon61956325 · June 9, 2016, 2:52pm

It depends - in relation to Rocko running like a cunt? like he left the immersion on? Or running like his partner wants to anally penetrate him?

Locke · June 9, 2016, 3:01pm

I can do 25mins without even trying. Definitely have a sub 23min in me*

*somewhere

Brimmer_Bradley · June 9, 2016, 4:17pm

Run like you need the toilet because you have chronic pelvic floor dysfunction after squeezing 3 kids out of your saggy box.

Nembo_Kid · June 9, 2016, 5:01pm

Run like Larry Murphy is opening his van door to get his tools.

Sidney · June 9, 2016, 8:14pm

Run like Ryan Giggs after his brother unexpectedly returned home to find him having sex with his wife.

Fran · June 14, 2016, 9:40pm

The incorrect use of inverted commas

carryharry · June 14, 2016, 9:47pm

Ambrose_McNulty · June 14, 2016, 9:49pm

The right for eight year olds to “transition”