tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post6626712472212873333..comments2023-07-07T10:56:11.083-04:00Comments on Shakespeare Geek: Shakespeare Said It FirstDuane Morinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16569611828708601563noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-48827410338867361982013-10-23T15:48:33.149-04:002013-10-23T15:48:33.149-04:00"I love giving credit to Shakespeare, but eve..."I love giving credit to Shakespeare, but even he can't lay claim to the invention of sexism."<br /><br />--No, he can't. Most of his women are smarter than his men. He couched his 'sexism' pretty well, don't you think?JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08099932219392937069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-69411897949637928382013-10-18T15:08:01.680-04:002013-10-18T15:08:01.680-04:00I agree that the main quote in your story can be i...I agree that the main quote in your story can be interpreted as a fairly even and innocuous comment on both genders, though I don't think that's the only interpretation. It was the final quote that I was mostly responding to, and I only meant to point out that the patently sexist claim that women are irrational in their beliefs is much older than Shakespeare. <br /><br />I did not intend CRShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00155972391697013367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-67178782283059709642013-10-17T19:29:52.697-04:002013-10-17T19:29:52.697-04:00I do the same thing all the time! The other night,...I do the same thing all the time! The other night, some friends and I were discussing why an acquaintance can't maintain romantic relationships and I spontaneously quoted Benedick's "all graces in one woman" moment. From memory, because I keep forgetting to update my Shakespeare app.Gwennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-48209379603039602222013-10-17T11:38:14.089-04:002013-10-17T11:38:14.089-04:00That quote's hardly about sexism, though? &qu...That quote's hardly about sexism, though? "Both men and women behave differently during the wooing, then they do after they are wed." <br /><br />Duane Morinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569611828708601563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-81027106593580650262013-10-17T11:33:53.833-04:002013-10-17T11:33:53.833-04:00I love giving credit to Shakespeare, but even he c...I love giving credit to Shakespeare, but even he can't lay claim to the invention of sexism. CRShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00155972391697013367noreply@blogger.com