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We all know the story of Table No. 5 – the restaurant whose love for feeding people sandwiches brought Armageddon.

Okay, well not Armageddon exactly, though we really fail to understand that if ‘women can cause earthquakes’, why can’t folks perpetuating sexist stereotypes cause Armageddon or at the very least tsunamis? (No political connotations please, we are seriously into sandwiches here!)

Also read: Islamabad restaurant Table No 5 forced to retract misogynistic menu

As we stalked through the infamous eatery’s Facebook posts (can you blame us?), we stumbled upon this profound pearl of wisdom by one, whose identity we shall keep secret in the interest of good manners.

The scribe, a meninist no doubt (and haha at whoever coined that term), wrote,

I think it was a pretty smart marketing campaign. Shouldn't have given up that easily.

That, of course, was in reference to Table No. 5’s condescending apology laced with strong ‘sorry, not sorry’ overtones posted earlier in the day.

The meninist went on to write,

We all know no one's sexist here. It's all in your head.

Quite so. Naming a dish after a serial rapist? Of course, it’s all in our head. The fact that Will Cozbee sounds so much like Bill Cosby, accused of multiple sexual assault charges, is also in our heads. Heck, the two names don’t even rhyme.

Another genius, let’s just call him Dr. Doofus for now, had an epiphany and stated,

Why make everything so controversial. Such simple conversations at home and at office are part of life and these are not ‘misogyny’, belittling of women, violence against women and sexual objectification of women. These are simple trouble-free ‘MAN JOKES.’ Don’t try to turn them into some BIG issues of life.

We don’t know whether we have the strength to lift that big rock that Dr. D lives under and explain to him without banging our head on the wall how completely off the mark he is.

Dr. D’s mindset is what triggers those violent misogynist acts that we all supposedly condemn.



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