Is Blonde inherently sexist?

[RED-DOG]

I don't think I understand the concept of sexist as a negative thing. Virtually all the women I know spend a goodly amount of their time trying to look more attractive.

What does sexist mean anyway? Does it mean we make assumptions about people based on gender? Well no Shit Sherlock. That's like basing the assumption that mouse turds will roll on the fact that they are round.

[theprawnidentity]

I don't think I understand the concept of sexist as a negative thing. Virtually all the women I know spend a goodly amount of their time trying to look more attractive.

What does sexist mean anyway? Does it mean we make assumptions about people based on gender? Well no Shit Sherlock. That's like basing the assumption that mouse turds will roll on the fact that they are round.

Think you stumbled upon the point that you can't polish a turd quite nicely, but you can roll it in glitter.

[millidonk]

I have been on the receiving end of sexism in the workplace!! 2 guys in my old office and 7 women. The women always made me change the water barrel as they said it was too heavy for them! When I was in the RAF I saw an Army girl (probably a lesbian) carry a water bottle in each hand about 500 metres and no, they weren't empty! DOWN WITH SEXISM.

[Tal]

I have been on the receiving end of sexism in the workplace!! 2 guys in my old office and 7 women. The women always made me change the water barrel as they said it was too heavy for them! When I was in the RAF I saw an Army girl (probably a lesbian) carry a water bottle in each hand about 500 metres and no, they weren't empty! DOWN WITH SEXISM.

Sexism in the RAF?

Suffering jets?

[millidonk]

Words fail me.

[DaveShoelace]

As has been said, the logo is though.

After all this time, I have never actually looked at the image inside the chip on the logo.

[Jon MW]

As has been said, the logo is though.

After all this time, I have never actually looked at the image inside the chip on the logo.

When I first started playing I didn't click on the blonde links for ages because of the logo - it didn't seem to be what I was looking for - it was only after checking out an update that I worked out that the logo is a misleading image for the actual content of blonde.

EDIT: most of the time anyway

[AlunB]

The name isn't sexist, blonde can refer to men or women in English.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/blonde

As has been said, the logo is though.

Think I commented on this earlier in thread...

As a noun it only applies to women, this is from your link

noun
a woman with blonde hair.
 [mass noun] the colour of blonde hair:
her hair was yellow—not any shade of blonde, but yellow

As an adjective it can apply to either, but the traditional and arguably more correct usage is a blond man.

If you were using blonde as an adjectival noun (where you use a noun as an adjective) then it would be referring to a woman. A blonde.

[Woodsey]

The name isn't sexist, blonde can refer to men or women in English.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/blonde

As has been said, the logo is though.

This I commented on this earlier in thread...

As a noun it only applies to women, this is from your link

noun
a woman with blonde hair.
 [mass noun] the colour of blonde hair:
her hair was yellow—not any shade of blonde, but yellow

As an adjective it can apply to either, but the traditional and arguably more correct usage is a blond man.

If you were using blonde as an adjectival noun (where you use a noun as an adjective) then it would be referring to a woman. A blonde.

lol, can you really be arsed thinking that hard about it?

[AlunB]

The name isn't sexist, blonde can refer to men or women in English.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/blonde

As has been said, the logo is though.

This I commented on this earlier in thread...

As a noun it only applies to women, this is from your link

noun
a woman with blonde hair.
 [mass noun] the colour of blonde hair:
her hair was yellow—not any shade of blonde, but yellow

As an adjective it can apply to either, but the traditional and arguably more correct usage is a blond man.

If you were using blonde as an adjectival noun (where you use a noun as an adjective) then it would be referring to a woman. A blonde.

lol, can you really be arsed thinking that hard about it?

Haha! It's what I do for a living. Part of my job is to check for articles for grammar, syntax and other errors. I usually miss most of them to be fair. But that's not a particularly abnormal thought process for me.

That said I did try and make it clear from the start I was only pissing about.

[AlunB]

The PokerPlayer office was once home to a 20 minute discussion about the use of the word championship over championships. It wasn't all degenerate gambling and going to the pub early.

[china mug]

is posting on blonde like downloading music of the internetr you get it for free but then some smart arse says you all owe me money pay up or else we have your details.....so in the worst senario a femail so traumatised by the title blondepoker and the damage it has done to her gets a probley american lawer to sue blondepoker and all its user as acuplances for ruining her life as she now has head aches and cant concentrate on foxy bingo like she used to and her sister would have never copped of with her geeza if she hadnt been so distressed by what was going on on a daly basis on blondepoker which had the effect of making her comfort eat which made her size increase leading to a feeling that every one is looking at me and that led to a lack of confidence which led to her not being able to turn up for work on time or bother with her looks any more which her counsellor tells her will need the platanum package of councilling services to have any chance of helping her and the probability is that she will never be able to work to her full potential again and there fore in order to keep her in the style she would like to be accustomed a settelment far in excess of 1,000,000 pounds onley will be considered .......which works out to about 2,058 pounds per blondepoker user,

[TightEnd]

enjoy the above, Alun.

Part of my job is to check for articles for grammar, syntax and other errors. 

[AlunB]

enjoy the above, Alun.

Part of my job is to check for articles for grammar, syntax and other errors. 

Physician heal thyself! I've been doing this far too long to worry about looking like a tit when I make mistakes. Especially typos.

We all make mistakes all the time. It's why sub-editors exist. One of the biggest things you have to teach new writers is just to hand the bloody thing over as no matter how many times you check it you will still have made a few mistakes.

[Tal]

I love it when you talk dirty, Alun.