All evidence points to some severe misogyny in our omnipotent Google overlords.

I got the same results as StilettoRevolt  when I tested their screenshots – except with the “women will never” searches.  Mine were worse. Or better – depending on your perspective.

This is why I use the Google Search Toolbar in my Browser.

Am I surprised these searches are common? Of course not. I just never realized that Google was so willing and eager to highlight the overwhelming stupidity abundant on the internet. Of course, now that I am on this train of thought I am noticing a certain heteronormative slant to StilettoRevolt’s google-search investigation into societal bigotry…..

I was expecting equal parts hatred and porn. Really.

Honestly, it took me a couple tries to get this. First I search ‘queer’ but that just pulled up a lot of queerasfolk references, and I was bizarrely unable to get any GoogleGuidance on ‘lesbians.’  When I just left it at ‘gay’ it was all ‘gaydar’ and ‘gaylord’. The bizarrely old-school plural form was necessary to pull up the violent homophobia. I  guess I should be thankful none of StilettoRevolt’s GoogleGuides to appropriate cis-gendered behavior included rape and domestic violence.

Oh, wait. I was foolishly thinking of women as people in their own right! I bet if I started typing something logical, like “wives” google would help me out.

I don't even want to know what Google will tell me about daughters, mothers and sisters.

Anyone else just a wee bit creeped out? How many so-called people have to search for a phrase before it lands itself in the Google Autofill?

Once upon a time a little draconismoi cared not at all for sporting events. Not in terms of participation or observation. Just one great big yawn.*

Then she moved to Boston, discovered New England Sports Mania, and grew to deeply loathe the spectacle of professional sports.  Bullshit sexism and stereotyping at the Olympic level entrenched these opinions.

Now? Now that sweeping disgust sprinkled with hate has, like an amoeba, absorbed high school athletics.

Bestiality: A True Indicator of School Spirit

Bestiality + Rape + Physical Shaming = Even More School Spirit!

How devastated am I right now that little draconismoi’s apathy regarding the baseless FHS vs LHS rivalry forced me to miss out on the Big Game And All Its Trappings?  I am barely able to go over to Tiger Beatdown and read some scathing commentary on the-show-with-so-much-potential-that-continually-finds-new-and-exciting-ways-to-fail.

What I find most creepy about these shirts is not, in fact, that they exist. I am fully cognizant of the utter disdain our society has for women. The creep-factor is pushed up to eleventy because these shirts are sponsored and sold by a goddamned high school for a fucking school event. Public education does more socialization that education – so tell what the fuck message is this sending to the 14-18 year olds trapped in the middle of a bullshit manufactured rivalry?

1. Slut Shaming: Women Who Like Sex Have No Entitlement to Respect!
2. Rape is an Awesome Way to Assert Dominance Over a Rival!
3. Bestiality is Hot/Hysterical!
4. It’s Okay to Rape Ugly Girls: You’re Doing Them a Favor!
5. Make Sure the Ugly People Understand How Repulsive They Are: Don’t Forget the Paper Bag!
6. Rape/Slut Shaming/Generalized Misogyny = $$$$$$: Yay Commerce!

I’m sure Sociological Images could find more than 6 problems with the shirts. But remember, these are high school kids. From Texas.

*Except roller derby. That shit is intense.

UPDATE: For my new readers/future-wife-beaters-and-rapists hailing from Memorial High School, here are a few guidelines if you would like your comments to actually be published:

• Vowels are important. Note the correct spellings on all derogatory terms for female sexual organs. I promise I won’t contact your parents and tell them little Jimmy is using the B, S, T, W or C words.
• Proud admission that you are currently wearing one of the above shirts automatically invalidates the remainder of your comment – even in the unlikely event it is (gasp!) presented in a somewhat recognizable form of the English language.
• Did you see how I called you future rapists and wife-beaters? That’s how little I value your version of events. Whining that “all the students totally love it and it brings us closer together” will be given the same degree of consideration your court-appointed attorney will grant claims that “I only do this because I love her enough to teach her to make my breakfast on time”.
• No, I am not in a sexual relationship with that teacher who started confiscating the shirts when you wore them.  Tragically my only stop in the Houston area was an airport layover, so I have not had the opportunity to make the acquaintance of any decent human beings in the area.  But if you send me their contact information, I would be more than happy to send them my condolences on the sad state of the job market.