Is This Nike's Shirt Sexist?

by (▪‿▪)DoctorWhoGuru(▪‿▪) Posted 2012/08/16 03:55:00

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wrwheelerjr 2012/08/16 04:43:43

No

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It is a play on words using a phrase that means one thing in one context and something else in another context. It is a bit higher level than simile and metaphor but not by much. It is funny to take a phrase associated with a relationship of dependence for financial gain and crushing it by associating it with a competitive relationship where all gain is from hard work and individual efforts in team and / or singles sports.
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ZeldaFan13 2012/08/19 05:08:02

Yes

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If they made a shirt Telling a woman to make a sandwich, then people would freak all over it! >.> Don't be hypocrites people.

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elvira 2012/08/17 22:20:31

No

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If some people had their way, almost anything would be sexist. To those people, I say lighten up. Life is too short to live it as a prude.

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Fredrick House 2012/08/17 13:51:27

No

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Lighten up!

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dustcircle 2012/08/17 06:43:35

No

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No, but I bet some child's fingers are bleeding from this Nike product. BOYCOTT NIKE, and save lives.

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Barbi Rose 2012/08/16 22:40:28

No

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Um...but what a dumb add.

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frozenKmadness 2012/08/16 20:41:33

No

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What?! o_0

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ben 2012/08/16 20:17:43

No

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is that a nike logo on that shirt?..are they sexist?..some phrases have double meanings..that's why we use them. lol

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JET 2012/08/16 19:41:55

No

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Should have the meaning clearer, some folks won't get the meaning as intended.

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DP 2012/08/16 16:16:24

No

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Anything that women don't like is deemed "sexist." Oh please STFU.

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RJeffreySavlov 2012/08/16 14:55:58

No

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Look at the underlying meaning as it applies to athletic endeavor.

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Miss Capri 2012/08/16 14:55:06

Yes

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Well, at least it's incredibly tacky.

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jcadla 2012/08/16 14:53:59

No

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Depends on how you look at it. If you think it is, it is. If you think it's not, it isn't. Different strokes for different folks...

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Keith 2012/08/16 13:06:55

No

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Digging for gold medals?

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Demoness 2012/08/16 11:12:29

No

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Not at all..its a jokey fun tshirt..and nobody is forcing anyone to wear it!!

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rich 2012/08/16 10:26:11

No

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Only if you can hear Kanye West's song when she moves, as heard in the wedding scene of Maid Of Honor, "I ain't sayin' she's a gold digger, but she ain't hangin' wit no broke ....." Then yes, it would be sexist. LOL

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Altering_Minds. 2012/08/16 07:43:17 (edited)

No

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shirts can't be sexest only people can be sexest...

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Demoness to Alterin... 2012/08/16 11:10:11

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I think you maybe misread the question...it says sexist..not sexy..

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Alterin... to Demoness 2012/08/16 11:29:04

+3

close enough!

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Demoness to Alterin... 2012/08/16 11:35:18

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Love the pic you chose though :)

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Beat Magnum True Hero 2012/08/16 07:23:03

No

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The shirt is being made by an athletic company who is using a clever play on words to actually encourage women (especially young girls) to be fit, active, healthy, and strong. Only in America would some hateful self-loathing basement dweller turn it into a sexist thing.

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Miss Capri to Beat Ma... 2012/08/16 14:59:01

But the slogan is only on women's t-shirts. Why not apply it to men's shirts as well?

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Alexander T Steward 2012/08/16 06:36:47

No

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It's not sexist.

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Rock 2012/08/16 05:43:04

No

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It's not gold....

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martin28 2012/08/16 04:47:21

No

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I don't see how it's sexist but it is purely asinine.

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Miss Capri to martin28 2012/08/16 15:01:10

Sexist only comes into it for the reason that it's only on the women's shirts, and it's always women who get lab led gold-diggers when after men and their money. But men can be gold-diggers too, and since this was supposed to be about Olympic gold, they should've had this saying on men's shirts as well.

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martin28 to Miss Capri 2012/08/20 20:54:02

i guess

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king david 2012/08/16 04:43:47

No

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i don't see anything sexist about it

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wrwheelerjr 2012/08/16 04:43:43

No

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It is a play on words using a phrase that means one thing in one context and something else in another context. It is a bit higher level than simile and metaphor but not by much. It is funny to take a phrase associated with a relationship of dependence for financial gain and crushing it by associating it with a competitive relationship where all gain is from hard work and individual efforts in team and / or singles sports.

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MlssCue =Go Blue= 2012/08/16 04:26:54

No

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It's funny though.

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Patent1 2012/08/16 04:19:39

No

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Depends on who is wearing it.

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La 2012/08/16 04:13:15

No

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:/

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terrabytes 2012/08/16 04:07:18

No

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I don't think so, I'd wear it

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gizzibag 2012/08/16 04:03:58

No

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the shirt says gold digging not gold diggers people r being way too sensitive about everything

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Miss Capri to gizzibag 2012/08/16 15:03:11

I agree with you, but there is the issue of the saying being only on women's shirts.

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Tim Upham 2012/08/16 04:02:10

No

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What is so sexiest about "Gold Digging?"

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Glitchie 2012/08/16 04:00:46

Yes

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Now if they made a man's t-shirt that said the same thing, thin no, but because this is a woman's baby doll shirt, yes.

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wrwheel... to Glitchie 2012/08/17 16:48:39
Tee Quake 2012/08/16 03:59:39

No

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OMG! I mean, c'mon, lighten-up already. Can't you people take a joke?

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Miss Capri to Tee Quake 2012/08/16 15:05:35

Some jokes really aren't all that funny. Though people do go way overboard being sensitive, I still think that phrase should've been applied to both men's and women's shirts since both sexes win Olympic gold.

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Alex 2012/08/16 03:58:38

No

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Though I can see how it would be thought of as sexist.

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