Is this misogyny or a triumph of feminism?

Bob24

"World's greatest girlfriend treks through flooded street with boyfriend on her back to save his leather shoes" (It'd describe it more as the worst boyfriend rather than the best girlfriend if you ask me.) - http://shanghaiist.com/2016/07/07/girlfriend_carries_boyfriend_across_flooded_street.php

Does equality between men and women justify having whoever is wearing the cheapest shoes carry the other one on its back to save the shoes from flooding, regardless of gender?

Shenshen

Bob24 wrote: »

"World's greatest girlfriend treks through flooded street with boyfriend on her back to save his leather shoes" - http://shanghaiist.com/2016/07/07/girlfriend_carries_boyfriend_across_flooded_street.php

Does equality between men and women justify having whoever is wearing the cheapest shoes carry the other one on its back to save the shoes from flooding, regardless of gender?

Neither - it's just a silly woman who didn't think to tell him to take off his shoes and carry them across, so.

It wasn't me!

Well unless the reason he was on her back was directly related to her being a woman it's not misogyny anyway...

bodice ripper

If that qualifies for World's Greatest Girlfriend, I have been criminally underrated.

RayM

Maybe it's neither misogyny nor a triumph of feminism. Maybe it's not even newsworthy.

smash

This is China. Where women are 2nd class citizens. She's not a great girlfriend, she was probably just doing what she was told.

Its dead Jim

Neither, it's just stupidity. It was about shoes, not gender.

wp_rathead

There's a pair of them in it...

Bob24

smash wrote: »

This is China. Where women are 2nd class citizens. She's not a great girlfriend, she was probably just doing what she was told.

Depends when :-)

http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/jamesgriffiths/gz-subway-sit.jpg

Renegade Mechanic

Neither. While women are second to men in that area of the world, it's not as bad as others.. Besides which, they both look like it came up as a joke and are having a right laugh doing it.

He still needs a merciless, prolonged slagging of his masculinity though, for not simply taking off his shoes, socks and rolling up his trousers

seamus

Does it have to be either? Can it not just be a case that a girl decided to carry her boyfriend across a flood? Why does it have to "be" something?

In terms of why he just didn't take his shoes off, it would be incredibly silly to walk across a flooded street in your bare feet.

I wouldn't be that precious about a pair of shoes myself, but whatever.

Thoie

I'd do it for my imaginary boyfriend if it was needed - I'm a great believer in equal rights. While it may seem silly (and I don't particularly think it's newsworthy), walking barefoot through floodwater is a bad idea. Her shoes were unlikely to fit him, they may not have been able to afford another pair of good leather shoes, or he may have needed the good shoes for an interview, or a wedding, or whatever. She was physically able to carry him, so why not?

If he had beaten her with sticks and forced her to carry him because he didn't feel like walking, that would be a different story, but based on a vague article and a couple of snapshots, she seemed OK with it, so well done her, it was a lovely gesture.

Lollipops23

I think they're both gob****es.

cowboyBuilder

but seriously, he should have just taken off his shoes ..

Shenshen

seamus wrote: »

Does it have to be either? Can it not just be a case that a girl decided to carry her boyfriend across a flood? Why does it have to "be" something?

In terms of why he just didn't take his shoes off, it would be incredibly silly to walk across a flooded street in your bare feet.

I wouldn't be that precious about a pair of shoes myself, but whatever.

Well, she's not exactly wearing builder's boots herself, she's just in a pair of sandals.
His shoes would have offered more protection from whatever may lurk in the muddy waters...

smash

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

but seriously, he should have just taken off his shoes ..

Nonsense. He should have stood on her back while she swam!

Bob24

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

but seriously, he should have just taken off his shoes ..

To be fair on this and having lived in China myself. You really don't want to walk with no shoes and without seeing what yu might be stepping on in a Chinese street. There could be pretty strange things in there (and while it is better I am not sure I would do it either in Dublin city centre).

Mr. CooL ICE

I keep singing the thread title to the tune of the bohemian rhapsody intro in my head, but can't quite get the number of syllables to match up.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Bob24 wrote: »

Depends when :-)

http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/jamesgriffiths/gz-subway-sit.jpg

Would this be example of what's known as the 'Beta Male'?

I've heard they're quite prevalent in Asian society.

RayM

I would do anything for love, but I won't do that.

Renegade Mechanic

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

I keep singing the thread title to the tune of the bohemian rhapsody intro in my head, but can't quite get the number of syllables to match up.

It this equal rights?
Is it misogyny?
Caught in a safe space
No sign of reality!

Sapphire

Seems to me that they were doing it for a laugh- they look like they are laughing doing it.

"I'm not crossing that! Me new shoes will get ruined!!"
"don't be a sap. What, you want me to lift you over or something?"
"yeah, why not? Equality and all that. I mean its 2016 after all and if you were wearing your new shoes I'd carry you over"
"ye would and yer hole!"
"you probably couldn't even lift my manly body anyway"
"yeah I could"
"no you couldn't"
"betcha a tenner I can"
"yer on. If you drop me I get a BJ when we get home"
"deal"

Mr. CooL ICE

Renegade Mechanic wrote: »

It this equal rights?
Is it misogyny?
Caught in a safe space
No sign of reality!

Take off your shoes,
Walk through the water yourself and seeeeeee

silverharp

I hope that other pic with the guy squatting and the girl using his back as a seat doesn't become a thing

anitaca

gf: you arent going to destroy your birthday present. i spent a lot of money on those shoes

bf: well i aint walking barefoot and your sandals dont fit me

gf: ride me

bf: how is that going to help

Renegade Mechanic

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

Take off your shoes,
Walk through the water yourself and seeeeeee

I'm just a light boy, I need a lift you see
Because I'm easy hold, easy get
Little dry, little wet

Peregrine

I think we found the Chinese equivalent of Joe.ie/Her.ie.

It's neither. Two eejits crossing a river.

Renegade Mechanic

Any way the water flows, doesn't really matter to meeeeeee
MAMAAAAAAAAAAAAA, just soaked a man!
From my grasp control was wrenched,
Took a tumble, now he's drenched!
Mama, I had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown him in the spray

MAMAAAAAAAAAAAAA OOOOOOOOOOH
Didn't mean to make him fly
If he's not dry again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on, it is me his mum will batter...