I Hate It When Fox News Is Right

It’s easy enough to dismiss the constant screams of sexism from the conservative bloggers, media, and neighbors when it comes to Sarah Palin. After all, these are the same people that encourage the existence of an anti-Hillary Clinton group called Citizens United Not Timid. The group was founded by Professional Republican Douchebag Roger Stone, whose Wikipedia article can only be false; if such a person actually existed, it would signify the End of Days.

Despite this, we find that some of the accusations of sexism are true. Perhaps not from Obama’s corner, but rather from America’s bastion of good taste and fair play: the sex industry.

I present to you, gentle reader, the Not Sarah Palin Inflatable Love Doll. You can tell it’s not Sarah Palin because it says so.

Has it really come to this, guys? I dislike Sarah Palin’s policies as much as the next person. Hell, if I knew her, I would probably dislike her on a personal level, mostly on the grounds that she’s inauthentic and speaks to people like they’re in kindergarten. But there’s no call for this kind of thing. The site, for those of you who weren’t brave enough to click, advertises, "Sarah Palin makes sexism sexy!" How do I even address that? There is nothing about this that isn’t objectionable! If I were going to sit down and try to come up with something to be ironic to emphasize the ridiculousness of the Republican assertions of sexism, this would be it, and now it’s real. It’s an offense to women for the obvious reasons, but it’s an offense to me as a man because I have to share a gender with these jackasses.

On Blog Against Sexual Violence Day, I wrote something to the effect of, "Don’t rape people," which I thought encapsulated my point well. Clearly I was underestimating people’s skill at being disgusting, so we’ll try again. Don’t rape people, and also don’t co-opt people’s images without their permission in order to sell sex toys.