If U Can't B Sexy, Then At Least B Sexist?
This is about Jay Leno's latest late night show. I don't have a whole lot of respect for this fellow's brain power, but have to say that some of his comments have really been annoying me! Maybe more so because I'm a female who was born & raised in a highly sexist society and consequently have had to deal with this kind of nonsense for most of my life! For a while now, I've noticed that Leno often makes pretty blatantly sexist remarks in his shows. Yesterday, in the middle of his opening monologue, he suddenly said that some professor or some kind of an academic had said that men are on an average smarter by 4 IQ points than women. Leno went on to say that he wasn't expressing his own view; he was simply quoting this chap. Mind you, this wasn't part of his monologue jokes, and wasn't followed by any related remark....he just made this statement out of context! First of all, I totally disagree....I don't believe human intelligence is influenced by race, gender, or religious background. Secondly, Jay Leno's show is not a news report; the purpose of his monologue is humour & entertainment! How is this kind of a remark relevant in his show, unless he is implying that he is in agreement with this bloke? A few days ago, he made another random remark like this. Said some fellow was in trouble for saying to a white woman that she was so fat, that unless she promptly lost some weight, only a black man would be prepared to marry her!!!! Leno's black assistant acted a bit confused & asked what that was supposed to mean. Leno didn't elaborate on it, but I personally feel the fellow meant that black men are so desperate for white women, that they'd even be prepared to marry someone obese! Now, making a blatantly racist remark is considered more politically incorrect, but Leno's sexist remarks are really becoming somewhat of a pattern now! He keeps cracking jokes abt the stupidity of Jessica Simpson, Paris Hilton & other young female celebrities. George W. Bush is the only male he constantly ridicules the idiocy of. But Bush is the president of the US, who, according to many, keeps making a mess of all important affairs...Jessica Simpson, Brittney Spears & Co. don't have any such responsibilities & hence frequent discussions regarding their lack of intelligence are totally unnecessary! I don't hear Leno mentioning the "words of wisdom" of "genius" male celebrities like Tom Cruise, Charles Barkley etc. etc. Besides, before ridiculing Jessica Simpson's poor language skills in every 2nd show of his, Leno (who is way older than she is) should make it a point to improve his own English (amongst other things, 1 of his patent errors is the frequent usage of "mother-in-laws" {as opposed to the correct plural version of "mother-in-law": mothers-in-law!}). This might sound a bit mean, but have you seen Jay Leno's wife? Can't help wondering if his anger towards attractive, young women arises out of some frustration over the fact that despite all his money & fame, he is stuck with a spouse who seems to be about his age & looks like his identical twin!!!!
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