The Ladies How to Do It
posted by March 5 at 14:29 PM
onMoe at Jezebel points to an actually satirical (and actually funny) op/ed the Washington Post ran way back in 1994, titled “Sex and I.Q. — An Apologia,” by Gene Weingarten.
It begins:
This thesis will reluctantly examine the painful though inescapable scientific fact that women are stupider than men.The author wishes to emphasize at the outset that not all women are stupider than all men; indeed, some women are very smart, such as Marie Curie and Katharine Graham.
However, the unassailable evidence from all available aggregate data — as measured physiologically, taxonomically and through the application of empirical testing procedures involving highly scientific terminology such as “standard deviation” — is that women, in comparison to men, are imbeciles.
This conclusion should not be used to discriminate in any way against women, nor to make any assumptions whatsoever about the cognitive abilities of individual women, many of whom have made valuable contributions to society, such as Sandra Day O’Connor and Katharine Graham.
Before summarizing his findings, the author also wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness to Charles Murray and the late Richard J. Herrnstein, authors of the controversial, gigantically scientific new book arguing, with grave misgivings, that black people are genetically inferior to white people in intelligence. Drs. Murray and Herrnstein make this courageous assertion at the very real risk of being labeled dangerous, evil racists and making many millions of dollars.
And ends:
Next week: Why Presbyterians are idiots.
Comments
that does sound funny...
So in other words you don't like satire that is too subtle. My you are limited.
Oh my god! Presbyterians get name-dropped on Slog! This is my week, I'm telling you.
Tim Burgess is a Presbyterian
i don't know, i don't think charlotte was be satirical. i think she was joking (there is a difference), meaning, not serious. but the writing wasn't really satirical.
Britney Spears is an anagram of presbyterian. This explains why all women are hopelessly hysterical, which in turn explains why Hillary Clinton must not win the White House. Three words: Train Wreck Presidency.
Hilarious!!! Thanks ECB. :)
You can't argue with empirical testing procedures involving highly scientific terminology....
Man, I've missed satire.
I remember when this ran originally - pre-Super Internets, it was passed around my small town liberal circle as a Xerox.
Oh, how we laughed and laughed!
Good point, ECB. NOT!
Suggestion, Erica. Ask David Schmader or Adrian Ryan what "funny" is. They actually know.
Or Ari Spool or Cienna Madrid. Any of those guys can explain it for you too.
further proof Canadia is our bitch.
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