# Proposal to explicitly ban sexism from the game room

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**Created:** [August 9, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-to-explicitly-ban-sexism-from-the-game-room/948338 "2021-08-09T21:09:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-to-explicitly-ban-sexism-from-the-game-room/948338/33 "2021-08-11T12:11:53Z")

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> [@Martini\_Enfield](#):
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> I have to be honest and say I simply didn’t see anything remotely objectionable about the comment that started this whole thing, either - people are really getting upset at someone describing women’s sport as “unwatchable” and instead of going “Well OK, that’s a bit hyperbolic but yes, I take your view that you don’t find women’s sport to be nearly as ‘watchable’ as the men’s counterpart” and moving on, we’re here

You imagined all kinds of qualifiers to a comment that didn’t have them.  
He didn’t say “I don’t find women’s sport to be nearly as ‘watchable’ as the men’s counterpart”

He said this.

> [@Best and worst Olympic events to watch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-olympic-events-to-watch/948175/4):
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> Most women’s sports are unwatchable

Re: the OP

> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#):
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> Misogynists are jerks. Being a jerk is against the rules.
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> We don’t need to reinvent the wheel; we just need to attach it to the cart

This quite nicely fits my position.

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