Thoughts on the dilemma of laughing at men’s disgusting jokes to keep the peace?
I always noticed this…when those type of annoying bigot men make disgusting jokes i’ve noticed girls always laugh and/or laugh but while making a suprise face or a wtf face.
problem is, those type of men see laughing and perceive it as approval that you think it’s funny and they keep fricken doing it. a “wtf” face doesn’t mean anything to them as long as you’re laughing..
this used to kinda annoy me until this summer I had an internship at an annoying maga place basically and there was this disgusting guy who ALWAYS was saying racist or sexist or sexual jokes.
(btw, i’m a gay man, not a woman, for context but still)
I decided I was never going to laugh…and it was SO awkward. he would call it out. and then after a while somehow make it negative (“..do you ever do any actual work” or other comments).
so like, atp you kinda have to laugh??
logically I know it sounds so easy to confront, or to keep not laughing or to say something, but this summer I realized like sometimes you lowkey cant…like I was just an intern and the awkwardness is possibly even worse than just fake laughing and letting the annoying ass man think he’s the funniest person ever.