So my teacher called me sexist in front of the whole class..

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Yeah. There is no way in hell I am ever buying tampons for my wife or daughters.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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why does it have to be a joke?

i would answer both questions the same and be serious.

why wouldn't your wife buy them???

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Exactly. It works both ways - jokingly and seriously.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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Yeah. There is no way in hell I am ever buying tampons for my wife or daughters.

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You will. I promise.

[VBM]

man. i really need to read titles more carefully.

i went through the whole thing waiting for the good parts, thinking it said, "my teacher called me sexiest in front of the whole class."

[gaming_mouse]

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why does it have to be a joke?

i would answer both questions the same and be serious.

why wouldn't your wife buy them???

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The OP said it was joke. I didn't say it had to be joke.

[SomethingClever]

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Yeah. There is no way in hell I am ever buying tampons for my wife or daughters.

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You will. I promise.

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Agreed, and WTF is the big deal?

I'd rather buy tampons than, say, hemmorhoid cream for myself.

[gaming_mouse]

Also, to clarify:

I don't personally find anything offensive about your comments. But your post made it clear that they were intended to provoke, in the sense of you jokingly playing the role of class sexist.

The teacher was lame to get mad about that, but the OP just wasn't being funny to begin with. It honestly just seems like teenage humor.

gm

[IggyWH]

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The wife comment is even more un-funny than the original joke -- in fact, it's pretty lame -- and because of it you have now become the bad guy, where originally I would have said he was.

No, he hasn't become the bad guy.

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Yes he has... it really doesn't matter what others think about him in the class, because the prof said it, he is now labeled as the bad guy. If it were a 200+ kid class I'd say who cares but since it's such a small class, it's not great to be pointed out as the [censored] right off the bat.

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If you plan to stay in the class, you should probably go up to him during office hours and apologize and explain yourself.

No, he doesn't need to do this.

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I believe he does. Whether he thought he was right or wrong, his prof thinks he was wrong. His prof already has him labeled as the "[censored]" of the class. You think that won't factor into things when the prof's grading papers?

[jcx]

Your joke wasn't particularly funny, but he had no right to dress you down in front of the class. I wouldn't have put up with someone who doesn't know me from Adam calling me a sexist.

I'd say withdraw from the class, but since you're a journalist specializing in public relations your going to have to put up w/ PC pricks like this for the rest of your life. Should be good training.

[IggyWH]

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Also, to clarify:

I don't personally find anything offensive about your comments. But your post made it clear that they were intended to provoke, in the sense of you jokingly playing the role of class sexist.

The teacher was lame to get mad about that, but the OP just wasn't being funny to begin with. It honestly just seems like teenage humor.

gm

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I think the key to it all is, if you're going to be a smartass, you have to be prepared to retreat and do damage control if you don't come off the right way.

Was the original comment made to be a joke and the prof took it the wrong way? Yes, but once he started wigging out, the OP just went on and threw gas on the fire with the wife comment.