Social:Make me a sandwich
Make me a sandwich is a catchphrase used in popular culture, often on the internet, to mock or discredit women in a satirical manner. It is a stereotype based on the idea that women belong in the kitchen.[1][2] For example, during Hillary Clinton's 2008 campaign for the Democratic nomination for United States President, it was noted in the news that a Facebook group had been created titled "Hillary Clinton: Stop Running for President and Make Me a Sandwich."[3][4] This implies that as a woman, Hillary Clinton had no business getting into a predominantly male profession. Another example is a Slashdot poster that aims to discredit militant feminists that reads "GET YOUR ASS BACK IN THE KITCHEN AND MAKE ME A SANDWICH".[5]
Origin
The phrase, as used in an intended humorous context, dates to at least 1993 when it was used by the American comedian Bobby Slayton.[6] [7]
It was used in a Saturday Night Live skit in 1995, by actor Tim Meadows, who appears as a weatherman trying too hard to be cool/hip and uses controversial language to deliver his forecast.[8] He predicts an incoming storm, and calls it "bitch" and tells it to make him a sandwich.[8]
During Channel 5's cover of the 1997 Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal, the British comedians Lee and Herring mocked Slayton's use of the phrase by pretending to misunderstand its sexist meaning and imitating it incorrectly.[9]
Computer programmers have extended the phrase to "sudo make me a sandwich" to refer to a situation where the listener is forced to comply. This is a reference to a command used in UNIX based operating systems.[10]
References
- ↑ Smeltz, Adam (19 April 2010). "Make Me a Sandwich? Not on My Watch". http://www.statecollege.com/news/columns/make-me-a-sandwich-not-on-my-watch-391391/.
- ↑ Elsworth, Catherine (25 July 2008). "Katie Couric is right to criticise sexist US". The Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3560961/Katie-Couric-is-right-to-criticise-sexist-US.html.
- ↑ Shipman, Claire (30 May 2008). "Hey Hill: Love Your Hair, Now Iron My Shirt". ABC News. https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Vote2008/story?id=4964491.
- ↑ Fortini, Amanda (13 April 2008). "The Feminist Reawakening". New York Magazine. http://nymag.com/news/features/46011/.
- ↑ Michele., White (2015). Producing women : the Internet, traditional femininity, queerness, and creativity. New York. ISBN 978-1-138-77678-4. OCLC 889666420.
- ↑ Johnson, Allan (12 August 1993). "COMEDY REVIEW : On the Offensive in Battle of the Sexes". Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-12-ca-22845-story.html.
- ↑ Johnson, Allan (10 September 1995). "No Gender Is Off Limits for Schmidt". Chicago Tribune. https://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/search/#query=No+Gender+Is+Off+Limits+for+Schmidt&dr_year=1995-1995.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 King, Don Roy (2018-10-08). "SNL Transcripts: Madeline Kahn: 12/16/95: John-John Mackey Storm Tracker Accu-Cast" (in en-US). https://snltranscripts.jt.org/95/95imackey.phtml.
- ↑ "Festival Of Fun 3 - Lee & Herring Montreal 1997". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui7ASZlaKSA&list=PL2FsSCgs9yfZsg4_qc3K6emDLr3MQbFCb.
- ↑ Cohen, Noam (May 26, 2008). "This Is Funny Only if You Know Unix". https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/business/media/26link.html.
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