You say “the sexist implication” like that’s the only one there.
I say it because it is not the first sexist implication that is consciously noticed, even by me. This is despite being the clearest literal meaning in this instance. I say it because although becoming more aware of the discordance between the politically correct application of ‘sexist’ and ‘sexist’ itself can be frustrating it leads in some small way to eliminating sexist assumptions.
Anyway, drawing attention to a sexist implication doesn’t increase the extent to which it’s present
Not so. I assert that that claiming something is sexist then saying it gives an actual different meaning to the words. Context is important.
For example if the lampshade was replaced with “yeah, this is sexist against da bitches. lolz.” then I would say a different interpretation of sexist implication would be most appropriate.
Obviously if you say “yeah, this is sexist against da bitches. lolz” then you have added sexism to your complete utterance. I don’t think you’ve added sexism to whatever you said before “yeah”.
I don’t think you’ve added sexism to whatever you said before “yeah”.
I disagree fundamentally. I also would not be able to reconcile ascribing sexist (or any other) implications that are not part of the literal meaning while also asserting that the surrounding context can not change meaning. Either the meaning communicated includes subconscious nuances and dispositions or it doesn’t. Those nuances are affected by the context.
Context can affect sexist content. Sure. I just don’t think lampshades are a kind of context that tends to increase sexist content, for reasons described above. If one wants to make what one says more sexist, one can accompany it with action (particular or over time), or elaborate on any potentially sexism-free components of one’s utterance in such a way that they can now be interpreted as sexist where before they were innocuous. Acknowledging that there already existed a particular sexist interpretation of a statement makes that sexism consciously accessible when it might not have been, but doesn’t make it greater in magnitude.
I say it because it is not the first sexist implication that is consciously noticed, even by me. This is despite being the clearest literal meaning in this instance. I say it because although becoming more aware of the discordance between the politically correct application of ‘sexist’ and ‘sexist’ itself can be frustrating it leads in some small way to eliminating sexist assumptions.
Not so. I assert that that claiming something is sexist then saying it gives an actual different meaning to the words. Context is important.
For example if the lampshade was replaced with “yeah, this is sexist against da bitches. lolz.” then I would say a different interpretation of sexist implication would be most appropriate.
Obviously if you say “yeah, this is sexist against da bitches. lolz” then you have added sexism to your complete utterance. I don’t think you’ve added sexism to whatever you said before “yeah”.
I disagree fundamentally. I also would not be able to reconcile ascribing sexist (or any other) implications that are not part of the literal meaning while also asserting that the surrounding context can not change meaning. Either the meaning communicated includes subconscious nuances and dispositions or it doesn’t. Those nuances are affected by the context.
Context can affect sexist content. Sure. I just don’t think lampshades are a kind of context that tends to increase sexist content, for reasons described above. If one wants to make what one says more sexist, one can accompany it with action (particular or over time), or elaborate on any potentially sexism-free components of one’s utterance in such a way that they can now be interpreted as sexist where before they were innocuous. Acknowledging that there already existed a particular sexist interpretation of a statement makes that sexism consciously accessible when it might not have been, but doesn’t make it greater in magnitude.