Fox’s Neil Cavuto Presents: The World’s Most Sexist Holiday Shopping Guide

11:00 am, December 20th | by Amy Tennery

Neil Cavuto: Killer of Christmas Spirit.

Okay, well, maybe it’s just my Christmas spirit he killed this morning, with his “Annual Christmas Shopping Tips For Men,” which wedged in enough misogyny and 1950s cliches to stun a team of gender-enlightened reindeer.

See, in Cavuto’s world, all women love shopping. And all men are thoughtless buffoons who just want to get through the holidays without upsetting their wives (who are, no doubt, wearing curlers and an apron, while chasing their husbands with a rolling pin, set to the soundtrack of “The Benny Hill Show”).

So here’s how Fox News anchor Cavuto’s holiday shopping segment (again, for men, I can’t stress that enough) began:

Now, I know what you’re thinking: Christmas, this weekend, and this guy’s only now offering shopping tips? Yes, ladies. And I know it’s women who offer that snide criticism — so let me be clear. These tips are not for you. They’re for men. So if I sound sexist, get over it.

Oh, I’m sorry, Cavuto, do I sound “snide?” Maybe that’s because I’m having a tough time “getting over” sexism. Maybe I’m a little sensitive. Or maybe it’s just because you sound like turd.

But wait, there’s more. Cavuto then described his experience in shopping malls, a complex world far too baffling for the “Man’s Man,” where women are dispatched to undercut you, undermine you, and possibly take you out at the knees with a tire iron, if given the chance:

Avoid sales. Any sales. All sales. For one thing, women know instinctively you got it on sale. And there’s this vast underground network of female shoppers who get the word out to other women that they just caught their significant other flailing around in a sales bin, looking for the cheapest sweater he could find. Don’t bother. Pay full price. You’ll save a lot of headaches!

Women are spies. Look out.

Never ask for advice in a mall. Usually women are the ones offering it. They just slow you down. Ignore them. Focus on me. They’re buying for themselves. Usually something ridiculously expensive.

Women do not care about good values. They are all compulsive shoppers who are irresponsible with money. They are also terrible at math, science, driving and competitive sports.

Look, I get that some of what he said is in jest. Fine. But a sexist joke is still sexist. And a lame joke is, well, lame.

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Lescor33

What’s really funny is that you took this so seriously. Please have an eggnog and lighten up.

Your sister in PA
Bev Isenagle

ladies, what are you thinking . Laugh too and you will get exactly what you want
http://twitter.com/JenBurgess1 Jennifer Burgess

Merry Christmas ladies, I got you a whole bunch of passive-aggressive sexist stereotypes!
iang2000

Please don’t ask women (other women?) to “lighten up” when they point out, or are offended by, blatant sexism on one of the country’s most popular news networks, or anywhere, really. Doing so helps reinforce the idea for a lot of men that women who speak up about inequality “just can’t take a joke”, and that being offended by such things is an overreaction. Sexist jokes might be jokes, but they’re still sexist (I know, brilliant insight). As a male, I’m offended by Cavuto’s insinuation that I want to get my partner a gift as cheaply and with as little thought as possible. In today’s world it’s absurd to say “women are like X and men are like Y”, and pointing out how lame, unfunny, and backwards comments and jokes that assert as much should be applauded, not discouraged. Kudos on the article.

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