I'm a man who discovered the wheel and built the Eiffel Tower out of metal and brawn. That's what kind of man I am. You're just a woman with a small brain. With a brain a third the size of us. It's science.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker boasts about inventing the wheel and building the Eiffel Tower, then belittles women as having smaller brains, calling it science.
- In plain terms
- They claim great achievements and mock women’s intelligence as 'science'.
- What can you take from it?
- The line satirizes exaggerated masculinity and sexist pseudoscience.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does satire balance humor and harm?
- When does mocking become harmful?
Another view
The sexist content can be offensive and alienate audiences.
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