Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 31, 2012
July 30, 2012
August 01, 2012
Transcript:
Pig: Hey, Steph, what's it take to be a syndicated cartoonist? Is it being a good writer? Knowing a lot of jokes? Having the right pen? Pastis: Well, Pig, you have to- Rat: ...Be a lonely nerd in high school who spent all his time drawing because he had no friends and couldn't attract girls. Pastis: We do have feelings, you know. Rat: Feelings, sure. It's dates you couldn't get.
[Soapbox Mode] I have always hated jokes based on this premise. First of all, it assumes that we have this monolithic Mass of Womanhood, with absolutely no differentiating characteristics whatsoever, and all of whom share the exact same set of desires in terms of what they find attractive in a man..Second of all, it likewise assumes that any male who dares to live beyond the norm, even a little bit, thus inherently and irrecovably becomes completely unattractive to any female anywhere. These stereotypes thus sell both sexes short and just reduce them to caricatures..Yes, this is a comic strip where such things are de riguer, but still…[/SBM]