50 Amazing Moments Women Put Down Blatantly Accepted Sexist Things With Amazing Comebacks
No matter how much we progress as a society, there will always be injustices around us. And generally, when faced with injustice, we will all have different reactions.
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Some people will keep their heads down to avoid trouble and get on their day as quickly as possible. Others can be a lot more cunning and use some sneaky tactics to outplay the other side and turn the situation in their favor.
A lot of brave people won’t just stand for it that way though. They will call out the injustice right in its face and put it in the spotlight for everyone to see.
Some of these people use humor. Others just use plain sass, wit, and words that can cut so deep the other side won’t be able to recover.
These are the people we call our everyday heroes. They may not be wearing capes or have flashy statements on TV but they kick ass all the same.
In this list, we have a lot of those people calling out sexism and misogyny in their workplaces, at home, or even just in public. And we got to say, we need a lot more of them out there.
From parents to skilled professionals, these people from all walks of life took on sexism and misogyny head-on. Tell us which ones you agree with and what you think about these amazing comebacks.
No problem at all, Julianne
It's Uncle Randy that needs to be taught a lesson, not you dear girls
Hear, hear
Their morality is seriously screwed up
It hurts how true this is
They should know which is the real crime here
Nothing more true has been said
Life isn't a waiting game
Nope, it's definitely not the clothes
How about let's just learn not to overstep boundaries next time, eh?
And this decision is supposed to come from "educated" people
It's funny how not so many Christians mention this in their arguments
This woman is our new idol
This is something everyone should understand
No wonder they were awesome ladies
Would people then genuinely care about Black lives?
We could do this all day every day until people realizes the stupidity of it all alright
They're both called essentials and yet, look at where we are
Nah, we need something worse than 'gold digger' for them
It's sad how they don't realize how stupid the things are that's coming out of their mouths
This tweet hits deep
The audacity of that dismissiveness
Say it louder!
We don't want this in the future. We want it now!
Just lock yourself up in a hole basically
Let this hero be known
We don't think he even knows what invasive actually means
You won't cum without one either
It would be fun to see this man's face when he sees this
Seriously, how do they not see the problem here?
The evil of it all
A lot of people honestly need a lot of educating
He should have just shut up
They just keep finding new ways to make us feel bad for our decisions
It's the lamest and dumbest thing ever
Oh really now?
Maybe they should redefine their concept of rude
It's just plain creepy, honestly
Right. So tantrums and teenage moodiness doesn't come from emotions at all
What a good way to teach sexism
Teach the boys early!
Exactly! What in the world?!
And again, this is a result of generations of sexism and patriarchy alright. Don't they dare say it's the girl's fault.
They don't like it when women are more awesome than them
This is misogyny that should be scraped off humanity's bones
This makes everything a lot clearer actually
Breathtaking unconstitutionality is the right word for it alright
She got shut down so hard it's hilarious
Time to change your cliche storylines Hallmark
They should accept the truth of it that men are expendable
Sexism and misogyny run so deep in society that sometimes, it’s easy to pass them off as normal situations. Thankfully, there are people like these who can detect all that crap and who can shut them down without batting an eyelash.
Can we please get some tips from them on how to be that awesome? We need more people like them.