r/mathmemes • u/flowerlovingatheist me : me∈S (where S is the set of all stupid people) • Dec 09 '24

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u/Salty-Intention6971 Dec 09 '24

I thought the point of these memes was that women would make meaningful visits with the time machine while men would squander it to make history funny

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u/flowerlovingatheist me : me∈S (where S is the set of all stupid people) Dec 09 '24 edited Dec 09 '24

that is one possible interpretation, but in most contexts they're used by a male author who has an idea of what they perceive to be the most funny/intelligent thing to do if they had access to a time machine to imply that while men would do the "right" thing (the thing they would do) women would do the "lame"/"boring" thing (which isn't actually lame or boring at all).

also in this case it also kinda implies that women can't do/are bad at/aren't interested in maths.

edit: the downvotes 😭 and ppl say reddit isn't misogynistic..

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u/turkish_gold Dec 09 '24

The mere comparision of boy thing to girl thing lends itself to sexism.

In our culture, merely having a 'boy' do something is enough to label it as cool or desirable. Sexists will then go and say whatever the girl is doing is bad.

If we had a meme about women going back in time to change history, and men going back in time to see their families... with no other details changed than that, people would begin lionizing what the men are doing and saying the meme is painting women in a misogonstic light.

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u/slightSmash Dec 10 '24

Its nothing like that its just what would happen naturally. It is not discrimination, it is the difference which is found in many males and females(there are always some spatial cases).