Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 18, 2014
Transcript:
Girl 1: Mommy goes into the hospital today. I guess I better start thinking positively about my newest sibling... Joanie: Good idea, dear! Girl 1: I just hope it's a sister. I need a sister! Also, it's more "in" to be a female than a male these days! Much more fashionable. Joanie: It is? Girl 2: Sure! Girl 1: I don't think there's any question about it... Girl 2: It's true. I read it in "Time" last week.
BE THIS GUY over 10 years ago
The good old days, when newsmagazines were relevant.
JLG Premium Member over 10 years ago
Psst! Hey, Uclick colorist guy! Ellie is a blonde, not a redhead. Fix that.
2578275 over 10 years ago
I believe we males are justifiably an abused gender based on our behaviors and the percentage of the prison population. That’s not meant to be a hasty, sweeping generalization because there are exceptions. The percentage of females committing crimes and going to prison is increasing because of the glamorization of such negative behaviors by females in the for-profit media.
QuiteDragon over 10 years ago
Do you even live in the same world as the rest of us???? Yes, men suffer some abuse, injustice, and inequity, but to even begin to think that it equates to, never mind overbalances, the physical, social, psychological, and economic abuse perpetrated upon women by men (and the systems which men built and still largely run) so disregards the facts of historical and current reality as to make your bizarre statements seem literally insane.
Jack Straw over 10 years ago
But eventually, it became more common to hear someone say, “I read it in Doonesbury.”
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 10 years ago
Gender as a fashion statement?Sure, why not?
rojroj over 10 years ago
The good old days, when kids could read.
montessoriteacher over 10 years ago
Cute strip. Precocious kids.
caligula over 10 years ago
Newsmagazines were great back then, and if you chose carefully you could always find a few packed full of actual news, with multipage reports, not these 6 paragraph “no duh” ditties that pass for “reports” on most news websites.
loves raising duncan over 10 years ago
kaffekup over 10 years ago
Women go to jail because it’s trendy?Condescend much?
Red Ruffensor over 10 years ago
The good old days, when the kid’s gender was always a surprise.
lindz.coop Premium Member over 10 years ago
Still a man’s world — and until women get their act together and vote for their own interests, it’s going to stay that way. If you can’t figure out when you are being treated unfairly, who is doing it, and that you have friends who would help you do something about it, then there just isn’t much anyone can do for you. Why any woman would vote for (or sit home while others vote for) a republican or any of the sorry butt tea bags running for office is beyond my comprehension.
Boofish1 over 10 years ago
It’s a woman, a baby woman!
lindz.coop Premium Member over 10 years ago
I know and it’s sad.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 10 years ago
Or there are factors not beihg considered.. When you say men built this society, you are saying women were not part of it. This should be obviously wrong.