+1. All you have to do is take the text of the email and replace "woman/female" with "fat" or "Black" to understand the offensiveness of the joke. If it had been all about the individual, then fine; but the joke referenced Worgull's sex four times.
One of the major motorcycle racing sites did a similar joke in a non-sexist fashion this year. The gist of it was that a long-time also-ran racer in the US national series was going to replace one of the four top riders in the world championship. It was clearly a joke at the expense of the US racer (who has enough of a sense of humor and a good enough relationship with the writers at the site that it was okay). But there was nothing in the "story" about it being a breakthrough for rednecks, aging riders, or any other general group to which the US rider belongs.
Honestly, a simple apology would've been plenty as far as I was concerned. It wasn't that big of a deal in my mind. But five paragraphs of excuses along the lines of "some of my best friends are women" doesn't do anything to endear Trek to me.
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04-09-2010, 06:23 AM #1
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04-09-2010, 07:43 AM #2
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I don't see it this way at all.
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But five paragraphs of excuses along the lines of "some of my best friends are women"
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04-09-2010, 07:48 AM #3
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When I read the original post, I thought it was kindof stupid. I didn't read the follow-ups; it was just a failed joke so I didn't keep looking at it. I guess there were some people who bristled at it. While a little long, the apology seems genuine. I'm certainly not going to get in a huff over it. I don't have a Trek, but they do make good bikes. I certainly wouldn't boycott Trek over something like this.
Time to move on, is all I'm saying.
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04-09-2010, 07:51 AM #4
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+1 with what tulip said so well.
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04-09-2010, 08:00 AM #5
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any way anyone can post the original joke?
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04-09-2010, 08:25 AM #6
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The original joke was kind of stupid, and the response was weird, but without overanalyzing everything, I am not offended.
But, that woman owns Trek Travel? I thought Trek owned Trek Travel...
I say this with just a little interest, because basically, if I like a product, I buy it, without thinking about too much else. I don't own a Trek, but I did, and since it was the bike that I really became a cyclist with, I have a fond spot for it. I also went on 2 Trek Travel trips, both which, by the way, had all women leaders, who were amazing. I wasn't particularly fond of the other participants, but the leaders were awesome. From what they told me, it was very hard for Trek to find male leaders to do the European trips... they were lacking in language skills and, ah, people skills. There were some who did the US trips. This was a few years ago, so it may have changed.
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04-09-2010, 08:44 AM #7
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http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=37048 Originally Posted by mariacycle
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