A Feminist ‘Joke’
Patriarchy Encounters Feminism
The Man I Live With: Part 2
You know some of these sexist, racist, patriarchal ‘jokes’ which inveigle themselves into your phone in the guise of ‘good morning’ messages?
Well, the only male member of my thee-member family currently in residence in Mumbai, reads out one of these ‘joke-riddles’ with his usual fat-headed chuckle, as I was whizzing around like a top, completing my morning chores, and pretending, as usual, to be busier than I was.
The ‘riddle’ goes something like this : how many feminists does it take to change a light bulb?’
I didn’t break a step.
“Feminists do not need to change light bulbs, I told him. They ARE light bulbs.” I haven’t seen any one extinguished so quickly. I was intensely gratified to see the expression on his face: but I pumped my fist into the air, only when I went into the next room, and was out of sight.
Then I grinned, Cheshire cat-style.
Honestly!
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