Sexism in action
Back when I was in my final year of primary school, I had a lovely teacher who strongly believed in the equality of the sexes, to the point where a substantial portion of her lessons were composed of the message "Anything boys can do, girls can do too", which while an admirable sentiment started to grate a little after the umpteenth time of having it rammed down our throats.

One day, while we were all busily engaged in maths problems, the teacher from the classroom next door stuck his head around the door and asked if he could "borrow a couple of strong boys" to help move some tables. Naturally, our teacher was outraged at this blatant sexism, so she decided to send the strongest boy and the strongest girl as a statement against his chauvinism.

Of course, to the delight of the male half of the class, this backfired when a few minutes later said girl returned to the classroom and admitted that she couldn't even budge the tables, and could another boy go instead?
(oball needs Satan more than he needs me, Mon 28 Dec 2009, 1:37, Reply)