Nothing is more entertaining than observing an older Hispanic male academic at a feminist conference.
On Saturday, I visited a panel at our conference where a female academic was analyzing machismo (sexism) in a Latin American novel.
“Let me explain you what machismo is about!” a fiftyish male academic from Venezuela interrupted her.
We all know how much feminists dig listening to men explain things to them, especially things such as machismo, so everybody fell into a stunned silence.
“Have you ever wondered why the words “machismo” and “mother” start with the same letter?” the male academic continued unperturbed. “Mothers are the root of sexism.”
Given that most of the women in the audience were mothers and that all of us were philologists, the comment did not go over too well.
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