The Social-Political Implications of 'Your Mum' Jokes

'Your mum' jokes have certainly been the topic of choice for teens across the planet over the past decade, but what are the deeper implications of these seemingly harmless jokes? What do they reflect in the deeper teenage psyche that we have until now overlooked? Freud once claimed that 'your mum' jokes act as a defense mechanism for fragile and vulnerable teenagers seeking to re-divert attention away from topics they feel insecure about (not a true fact). Freud certainly knew a lot about psychology, and a lot about mothers.

But this is not a psychological assessment. Indeed, it is a social assessment. Or, more specifically, it is a social experiment, or one social in nature. As such, and consequently as such, we can deduce a deeper reasoning behind the use of 'your mum' jokes.

It is the purpose of this blog entry to highlight the very fabric and purpose behind the 'your mum' joke. The 'your mum' joke, I propose, highlights the deep gender inequalities present within our society. Why do I make such a claim? Why would I take away the moments of semi-humorous satisfaction that these jokes offer their teenage adherents? The answer is simple. They're socially discriminating. Why so? Because females can't make 'your dad' jokes. This isn't just because females are more mature, serious, intelligent, and attractive than their male counterparts. It's because--wait for it--they're not allowed. Shame on the society that does not allow their female citizens to use these carefully articulated, and wittingly implemented, jokes. Shame on the society that puts limits on the rights of its own citizens to joke. We do not live in a Communist wasteland. Freedom of speech. More like freedom for males to speak. More like freedom for males to make sexually gratuitous jokes about each others mothers who are likely to be law-abiding, hard-working, and overly generous members of our otherwise loafer-filled society.

Thus, we can conclude that: in modern society, the limits put on the use of jokes by females are strikingly similar to when Stalin put limits on the rights of Russians to talk in public (point of article lost in body of argument).

The Big Friendly Giant is a Professor at Oxford University and currently holds the Chair on the Board of Social-Dimensional Relations granted to him for his maniacal over-use of italics in articles.