I always wondered what the answer was but never got round to looking it up. I thought there’s no way it can be such a famous sentence and have the answer be that fucking stupid.
Maybe in the 60s or sometime when gender norms were more strictly enforced it would have been good?
It’s not about enforced gender norms but expectations, associations. And they still persist. The song “Draw me a person” by Kate Couriel discusses this quite good.
So you thought it must be his mom but then said nah that can’t be it that’s too stupid?
If so, that’s a good sign that the world has progressed. I was thinking recently how 99% of the time you hear the word “progress” it’s satiric and about knocking down your grandma’s house to build a data center or whatever. But actual progress can happen.
This mistake is hilarious given the original “riddle” this comic is riffing on.
I always wondered what the answer was but never got round to looking it up. I thought there’s no way it can be such a famous sentence and have the answer be that fucking stupid.
Maybe in the 60s or sometime when gender norms were more strictly enforced it would have been good?
It’s not about enforced gender norms but expectations, associations. And they still persist. The song “Draw me a person” by Kate Couriel discusses this quite good.
So you thought it must be his mom but then said nah that can’t be it that’s too stupid?
If so, that’s a good sign that the world has progressed. I was thinking recently how 99% of the time you hear the word “progress” it’s satiric and about knocking down your grandma’s house to build a data center or whatever. But actual progress can happen.
I still remember my mom riddling me this one back in the 70s