The sexism isn’t in his objecting to Carlson’s sportswriting–it’s in his using sexist tropes and languages to attack her.

If he’d said “This column is junk, and here’s why” that wouldn’t have been sexist at all. In fact, it might have been a useful and interesting discussion. Instead, he went for the “childish” option. FAIL.

You aren’t saying anything I didn’t already address here, upthread,

http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/11/11/let-me-make-that-decision/#comment-465660

And others made the point much more succinctly than I did.

It’s true that his wife offers the deal but according to him, he never takes her up on it.

“The contents of the article are irrelevant to the question of whether Gundy’s remarks were misogynistic. I’m male, and it was blatantly obvious to me. I felt like I was watching Promise Keepers, after the wives decided not to obey them.”

I think he was getting at the fact that she doesn’t have kids and therefore she doesn’t know that MAKING THEM A MEAL isn’t something to be looked down upon. That was a main point in the article that she twisted around.

Waiting for this to become a signal moment in American cultural history … waiting … waiting …

Next.

What Dan said is spot on. I don’t think Amanda actually read the article that the writer put out. Calling his reply “mysogynistic” is a hell of a reach. “Knee jerk reaction” would be more accurate and it’s a late one at that. This story already has a mold on it…

The contents of the article are irrelevant to the question of whether Gundy’s remarks were misogynistic. I’m male, and it was blatantly obvious to me. I felt like I was watching Promise Keepers, after the wives decided not to obey them.

Gundy did have some legitimate gripes about the way amateur athletes are treated by the press, but the way he expressed those gripes not only were sexist, they trivialized the views of people who are responsible enough not to have children in an overpopulated world.

Now contrast this with the story circulating today about Kayne West, who’s mother just died. West was known for having a very close relationship with his mother. No one would dream of suggesting he’s a mamma’s boy or less of a man because he loves his mother, yet this is exactly what the reporter in the football story has done.

She took the low road and fell back on a common gender slur often levied at men who fail to fit the stereotype of what a ‘man’ is supposed to be. Frankly, if my mother was alive today, I’d be proud to eat anything she prepared, in public. She was a hell of a cook and a wonderful woman. That the female reporter would seek to promote a negative gender myth, illuminates her bias and explains, if not justifies, the coache’s scorn for what she did.

Compare the criticism of this college player with the criticism of Lauren Caitlin Upton in the Miss Teen USA competition (the one who had trouble with the question about geography and maps).

Compare the reactions to each criticism.