Comment by ahartmetz
14 hours ago
Look again at the xkcd comic (I did before posting the comment). The sandwich-making person is not obviously female, in fact he(?) looks rather male according to xkcd convention.
14 hours ago
Look again at the xkcd comic (I did before posting the comment). The sandwich-making person is not obviously female, in fact he(?) looks rather male according to xkcd convention.
"make me a sandwich" has been a saying to dismiss women for decades before the xkcd comic existed.
Context always matters. Phrases can also be normalized through everyday use without the negative connections.
This kind of thing is why the left always loses. If you want to win, people have to like you.