Me personally? I’ve become much less tolerant of sexist humor. Back in the day, cracking a joke at women’s expense was pretty common when I was a teen. As I’ve matured and become aware to the horrific extent of toxicity and bigotry pervading all tiers of our individualistic society, I’ve come to see how exclusionarly and objectifying that sort of ‘humor’ really is, and I regret it deeply.

    • Rusty Shackleford
      14•1 year ago

      I’m 39 and saying calling things “gay” and “retarded” was just what we did when we were growing up. We didn’t really mean you were homosexual or mentally disabled. It was just the times. I’m fairly liberal, but old habits really do die hard.

    • fiat_lux
      7•1 year ago

      Same, even now I’ve been making an effort not to for years, it still sometimes pops up in my internal monologue. Over-writing preprogrammed habits is hard, I am right there with you.