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Saying ‘A Bun In The Oven’ Is Now
Offensive, Claims Historian.

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Posted By: Beardo, 11/3/2023 1:37:08 PM

The idiom for pregnancy, “a bun in the oven,” which traces its origins back more than 2,000 years to Ancient Greece, is in fact “misogynistic,” according to Kathleen Crowther, an historian of reproductive medicine at the University of Oklahoma. Crowther insists the idiom reduces the role of the mother to a mere incubator after the majority of the work has been done by the man. “I don’t think most people who use that metaphor are being misogynistic.” “But I think it actually does come from a deeply misogynistic tradition of thinking about women’s bodies as passive,” she argues.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: red1066 11/3/2023 1:47:36 PM (No. 1591107)
I guess hot crossed buns is out too.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Northcross 11/3/2023 1:49:44 PM (No. 1591109)
I thought it might be offensive to describe a developing human being created in God's image as a "bun", but no it is only trying to divide men and women.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: valinva 11/3/2023 2:02:14 PM (No. 1591121)
Kathleen Crowther should stick her head in an oven.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Vaquero45 11/3/2023 2:04:37 PM (No. 1591125)
Oh fer Chrissake. These people are really scraping the bottom of the barrel to find something to be offended by. And how much does the University of Oklahoma pay a "historian of reproductive medicine" and what does she do, other than publish bilge like this?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: dwa 11/3/2023 2:05:20 PM (No. 1591127)
Idiot "scholars" and Leftists are always looking for something to be offended by so they can try to control our speech and us.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 11/3/2023 2:05:51 PM (No. 1591129)
OK.... would "swallowed a watermelon seed" be acceptable?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Nimby 11/3/2023 2:23:08 PM (No. 1591143)
Saying "Pregnant" will be out next
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Reply 8 - Posted by: DVC 11/3/2023 2:46:32 PM (No. 1591167)
Idiots spend hours, days, months and years looking for something irrelevant to become angry about. Fire this moron.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: JHHolliday 11/3/2023 2:47:49 PM (No. 1591171)
I'll just use "knocked up" from now on....
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Reply 10 - Posted by: cor-vet 11/3/2023 2:59:17 PM (No. 1591190)
They're saying 'wokeness' is dying. With stupid stuff like this, it can't die soon enough!
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Reply 11 - Posted by: coyote 11/3/2023 3:32:40 PM (No. 1591206)
Crowther, a bun in the oven is heart warming.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: jasmine 11/3/2023 3:51:24 PM (No. 1591211)
"Crowther insists the idiom reduces the role of the mother to a mere incubator after the majority of the work has been done by the man." I see it differently. The idiom may be a bit crude, but at least there's no magical thinking about where the "oven" is located. Only women can have babies. Women can call themselves men while "incubating" the baby, but the baby emerges only from the female uterus.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: weirdone 11/3/2023 3:56:21 PM (No. 1591216)
I just put the buns in the oven. D inner in 20 minutes.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: rememberwhen 11/3/2023 4:24:02 PM (No. 1591236)
Methinks, the University of Oklahoma needs to examine its staffing requirements and see if they don't have some unnecessary or downright useless positions. Perhaps, they could cut burgeoning costs to students if they eliminate some of these nonsense jobs. And #6, any reference to watermelon would be racist, as well as sexist.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: chumley 11/3/2023 5:34:41 PM (No. 1591278)
we could always go back to the days of I Love Lucy network censorship and just call it "expecting". Or is that offensive to the people who are waiting for the UPS guy?
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Reply 16 - Posted by: Birddog 11/3/2023 5:37:11 PM (No. 1591281)
"an historian of reproductive medicine" at the University of Oklahoma... At the medical school? Does she have a medical degree...of ANY kind? No? What dept is she in? History? Social Studies? Poli-sci? CRT Studies? Ahhh here it is.. Associate Professor of the History of Science A.B. Magna cum laude, Chemistry and History, Bryn Mawr College, 1991 Ph.D., History of Science, Medicine and Technology, The Johns Hopkins University, 2001 "I have been a member of the History of Science department of the University of Oklahoma since 2002. I am also an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Women's and Gender Studies"
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Reply 17 - Posted by: Venturer 11/3/2023 5:48:36 PM (No. 1591291)
Who cares what this broad has to say?
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Reply 18 - Posted by: udanja99 11/3/2023 5:49:41 PM (No. 1591294)
Oh, just grow up already! No one ever promised you a right not to be offended.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: mifla 11/4/2023 4:03:56 AM (No. 1591544)
I continue to be amazed what some people are actually paid a salary for.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: zoidberg 11/4/2023 11:20:46 AM (No. 1591745)
She's entitled to her opinion, and we're entitled to ignore it.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: ladydawgfan 11/4/2023 1:15:13 PM (No. 1591818)
RE #15: How about "in the family way??" IMHO, this Crowther ditz is a prime example of being educated and promoted far beyond ones intelligence!!
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