Sandwiches

I am fed up of sexist sandwich jokes.  If one more BOY makes a joke to me about making sandwiches, I probably won't do anything, but I will be very, very, cross.

Here is an example of an offending joke:

'make me a sandwich'









Sorry for the long space, I was laughing too hard to type for a while there.

I have three main issues with this joke:

1.  It is sexist.  Sexism is not funny to me, as it is still an issue.  The number of men I have heard saying 'I wouldn't hire a woman because she'd go off and get pregnant' appals me.  As well as the phrase 'go off and get pregnant'.  Here is how I imagine this:

Man: Go make me a sandwich.
Woman: Goes to make a sandwich.  Returns - PREGNANT.
Man: ...
Woman: Don't worry, it's a girl!  There will be lots and lots of sandwiches!
Man: Ok. Can you make some and put them in the freezer for when you go on maternity leave?  I can't hope with two bits of bread, and stuff, it's too much for my brain to cope with.

Or scenario B:

Woman: It's a boy...there will be no more sandwiches.
Man: You're fired.  Wait I can't do that, I'll get sued.  Either build me a time machine so I can go back in time and not hire you, you big preggo, or go make lots of sandwiches and put them in the freezer so I don't starve to death.

Which brings me to point number two:

2.  It is also offensive to men, as it implies that are retarded chauvinists who are unable to get two pieces of bread and put some stuff in it.  They don't even have to cut the bread these days; you can buy it sliced!

I wonder if the phrase 'best thing since sliced bread' came about because a lot of men couldn't cope with cutting bread.  It is quite hard cutting it into equally sized slices.

3.  It is doubly offensive to women because it implies our culinary skills do not stretch further than a simple sandwich.

Man: What's for dinner?
Woman: Sandwiches.

If a guy asked me to make them a sandwich, part of my angry refusal would be that it is not a challenging task.  Ask me to make brioche or omelette; that at least acknowledges that I can cook.

And I'm going to add a fourth point to my argument here...the joke is just not funny.  It is old, repetitive, and sad.  There are much more funny things to joke about, like when people fall over, or when seagulls do their little dance to get worms out of the ground.  Lots of things are more funny than sandwiches.

To conclude: do not ever ask me to make sandwiches.  Ever.