I'm not sure which offends me more, the racism, or the sexism.

[Q Classic]

Hey, sister, empower yourself through submission

Ever wonder what social contortions you must endure to marry a count? The good news is you should have plenty of extra time to pick out your smashing outfits, lady, because according to LuAnn de Lesseps -- countess, housewife and star of "The Real Housewives of New York City," -- being the wife of a count certainly doesn't include answering e-mails. According to the New York Post, de Lesseps interrupted two women having drinks at the St. Regis bar, one of whom was Korean and surfing Web sites on her BlackBerry, to dispense some friendly advice about the finer nuances of female empowerment:

I see you working so hard on your BlackBerry; you can't switch off. And I believe in empowering women, because I myself am a woman, so let me give you this advice. When men see females on their BlackBerrys working hard, it really turns them off. Men like women to be females, to not be like workaholics, as that comes off as being uptight in the bedroom and control freaks. With you being Asian, you have an advantage. My European friends in particular adore Asian females because of their submissiveness. So work that to your advantage. At the same time, I can sympathize with you as a woman in New York City, but you have to do what you have to do to snag a man.

Awesome. Stop Googling the mortgage crisis, baby, because if you strike just the right look of starry-eyed wonder, some rich dude might install you in a house of your own -- paid for in euros (and your dignity).

Which should I be more bothered by?

[The Emperor Fabulous]

The fact that there's a show called "The Real Housewives of New York City".

[The Emperor Fabulous]

And I don't know why I even decided to look more into this, but here's some more of that NYPost article that was being quoted on Salon:

And with that, de Lesseps, who's married to Alexandre Count de Lesseps but has been caught in clinches with other men this year, announced, "There are no cute men worth my attention here," and left.

Luann said, via her spokesman, Howard Rubenstein, "As someone of Native American heritage, I don't tolerate ethnic stereotyping. But I will say I'm a big believer in manners, and excessive use of a BlackBerry at a table is impolite."

There are stupid people in all classes. Just ignore them. And don't watch their shows.

[Flubber]

You should probably be most bothered by the fact that you seem to care what some random person-- countess tv personality etc said.

So she comes across as racist and perhaps favors being a "kept woman" or "sugarbabe" or whatever. If that truly works for her, isn't that her choice? If she wishes to express her opinion, is not that her right, no matter how idiotic we think her opinion may be?

[Chemical Ollie]

Ever wonder what social contortions you must endure to marry a qunt?

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Flubber
... If she wishes to express her opinion, is not that her right, no matter how idiotic we think her opinion may be?

No one is trying to shut her up. The question is were her comments sexists and/or racist?

[Q Classic]

No, the question is which should bother me more.

For what it's worth, I didn't even know a show like that existed until I saw this post on Broadsheet.

[The Emperor Fabulous]

They were the kinds of comments trophy wives make. Basically the whole reason they're trophy wives in the first place.

Trouble is, this one got a TV show, but people only watch it because they want to see how a trophy wife behaves when not on the shelf.

[-Jrabbit]

for this not being an election thread

[Imran Siddiqui]

Kidicious believes you can't detect sexism, so it must be the racism

[Q Classic]

By Jove! I never thought of it that way, Imran dear. I think you're right!

What a goddamn racist.

[Kidlicious]

It's true. You're both insane. So is this women. Even a broken clock is correct twice a day.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
The fact that there's a show called "The Real Housewives of New York City".

[Q Classic]

Yeah, I think I'm offended that there is that show, too.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Flubber

So she comes across as racist and perhaps favors being a "kept woman" or "sugarbabe" or whatever. If that truly works for her, isn't that her choice? If she wishes to express her opinion, is not that her right, no matter how idiotic we think her opinion may be?

And here you do a good job of expressing the complete moral bankruptcy of our society. This is what happens when people mistake rules of political and social expediency for moral rules.