Foul ball! Guy lets his girlfriend get smacked...

[bankside]

The guy was already standing up. He had space to move aside. The girl thought her boyfriend would catch the ball and was caught off-guard and didn’t have time to move out of her seat. I don’t see why she would want to catch the ball. Catching a flying baseball with your bare hands is difficult (a small surface is used to intercept a small fast object) and hurts like hell.

Yeah, my point was not that she should have caught it: my point was to criticize a ridiculous sexist double standard. It would appear that neither of them were serious souvenir catchers, and neither of them had a convenient or realistic way to catch the ball. But sexism made her passive and useless, and "obliged" him to come to her rescue.

Hopefully this taught them both something. (and not that he should try harder next time.)

 

[Fucker29]

Misogynist, much?

As if I give a fuck what you think.

Grow a bit of sense of humor, will ya? It's good for you.

 

[Girlesque]

Oh for fuck's sake! Get yourself some sense of humor. Obviously, I was joking.

It is actually not obvious at all that you were joking. A post filled with slurs, stereotypes, and baseless assumptions will come off as vitriolic and lacking in levity to people who do not find humor in prejudice.

 

[Fucker29]

It is actually not obvious at all that you were joking. A post filled with slurs, stereotypes, and baseless assumptions will come off as vitriolic and lacking in levity to people who do not find humor in prejudice.

But that's what's great about the world...different points of view. Thank zod for those.


I use a lot of stereotypes in my humor but that doesn't mean I believe in those stereotypes. But if you think I do, then knock yourself out. I know who I am as a person.

 

[Girlesque]

Yeah, my point was not that she should have caught it: my point was to criticize a ridiculous sexist double standard. It would appear that neither of them were serious souvenir catchers, and neither of them had a convenient or realistic way to catch the ball. But sexism made her passive and useless, and "obliged" him to come to her rescue.

The girl did not want to sit so close to the field because she did not want to get hit. The guy assured her that she would not and that he would catch the ball should the occasion arise. And he was good to his promise until the final seconds when he ducked. I don’t think some complicated gender politics issues were at play with the girl deciding to take on a “passive and useless” role. She took someone--a person who presumably cares about her welfare--at his words and he didn’t make good on them. I think if the guy didn’t promise her safety and didn’t look like he was succeeding in delivering his promise, the girl would have taken steps to protect herself.

 

[Krakenbwool]

I'm female, and that useless chick embarrasses me.

 

[bankside]

The girl did not want to sit so close to the field because she did not want to get hit. The guy assured her that she would not and that he would catch the ball should the occasion arise. And he was good to his promise until the final seconds when he ducked. I don’t think some complicated gender politics issues were at play with the girl deciding to take on a “passive and useless” role. She took someone--a person who presumably cares about her welfare--at his words and he didn’t make good on them. I think if the guy didn’t promise her safety and didn’t look like he was succeeding in delivering his promise, the girl would have taken steps to protect herself.

Okay, you've recast the scenario in a different way than I was thinking of it - seems reasonable, though I still hesitate to buy into it. My intuition is that complicated gender politics is probably closely underlying her apprehension about sitting there in the first place, and his subsequent assurances. However I acknowledge that is speculation.

 

[Telstra]

stupid reporter !!
The guy clearly tried to catch the ball.

 

[star-warrior]

Keep your eye on the ball, he dodged, she didn't. I guess she wasn't too keen on the game and got a wake up call.

 

[frankfrank]

If a projectile as hard, fast and heavy as a basebell was heading directly at me, I have little doubt that my first instinct would be to GET OUT OF THE WAY!!! - regardless of previous intentions. It's not like he had ten minutes to think about what he should do with that hit pitch - it was probably three seconds at the very most.

I did not and could NOT "play catch" when I was a kid...a softball was a harmful projectile that I had to get away from! I was never good at judging where that sort of object was headed. Anytime I'm at a ballpark, my first thought always is "I hope that nobody bats a ball right at me."

 

[evanrick]

does the reporter want him to wipe her ass for her too?

 

[Girlesque]

Thank you.

Thank you for fielding the foul ball also.

If a projectile as hard, fast and heavy as a basebell was heading directly at me, I have little doubt that my first instinct would be to GET OUT OF THE WAY!!! - regardless of previous intentions. It's not like he had ten minutes to think about what he should do with that hit pitch - it was probably three seconds at the very most.

I did not and could NOT "play catch" when I was a kid...a softball was a harmful projectile that I had to get away from! I was never good at judging where that sort of object was headed. Anytime I'm at a ballpark, my first thought always is "I hope that nobody bats a ball right at me."

My instincts are the opposite of yours. I always try to stop moving objects; I love catching and intercepting stuff. But I’m only an average athlete and an even worse judge of spatial relations, which means quite a few bruises, and a short softball career.

 

[Fucker29]

Thank you.

Furthermore, In order for us to get the joke, you (Fucker) need to slip in some reason for us to think that you are joking. That rant was totally out of left field, and most of us don't know you well enough to know where it came from.

Considering some of the misogny I've seen on this board before, my response wasn't exactly out of line.

True enough. In time, however, you'll see that, as I said earlier in this thread, I use a lot of stereotypes in my humor. Some people take it as a joke immediately, some people need some time to get used to it, which I can understand.

In time, Naughty. In time...


Now let's all take our clothes off, kiss and make up, shall we?

 

[bankside]

does the reporter want him to wipe her ass for her too?

Well I suppose the argument could be made that if he agreed to, then he should start wiping no matter what comes out, no matter how much slightly-rancid chili she ate the day before.

 

[AlmondMilk]

I'm conflicted on this. I think it was a jerk move to dodge like that and I also think that if men and women were truly equal this wouldn't be a big deal. If the situation was reversed, no one would be talking about it.

If the roles were reversed and the guy for some reason was sitting down and got hit, people would probably be talking about how he didn't catch it easily :/

I agree, though. Men and women will never be equal because we always have the notion that men have to protect women and be their support. Even in a gay relationship, apparently there has to be a "male" and "female" figure apparent. bleh Idk how to interpret his move, lol. Then again, I got lazy to watch the whole video

 

[Girlesque]

does the reporter want him to wipe her ass for her too?

It’s a pretty amazing to extrapolate “do everything for her” from “protect her”.

 

[altlover85]

I thought the reporter was obnoxious too.

After rewatching the video, I have to say the fat person has some moves! Also, evanrick, I don't appreciate the "fat fuck" part of your comment even though I'm not fat myself.

Finally, to me, it didn't really make sense for him to move the other way because he was trying to catch the ball and then when he didn't moving the way he did just seemed natural to me. I can't imagine moving towards the ball. I would have assumed that the girl would have dodged instead of just assuming he would do what he said, if only out of instinct.

 

[bankside]

It’s a pretty amazing to extrapolate “do everything for her” from “protect her”.

It is hyperbole. But it speaks to something real, which is a certain kind of girlie entitlement to "chivalry," which I think underlies this offer of protection, which is only voluntary on the surface. In reality, there is a whole bunch of subtle sexist coaching in our society which goes into coercing that offer, and indeed that reasoning is acknowledged in this thread. Some people acknowledge it with greater receptivity than I do. I think it is bullshit.