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I drew these comic strips several years ago when I was back in school getting my Education degree. We were discussing sexism and misogyny in the media and someone brought up the old TV show, Three's Company. That show was near and dear to me! I told a couple of anecdotes about playing episodes of that show in some adult EFL classes in both Japan and Vancouver, Canada and we all wondered what damage I had done!

I had used Three's Company in the Language classes because it was funny, because contained a lot of physical and/or very simplistic humor, and because it was not overly linguistically challenging. It had also been a personal favorite when I was growing up and provided some nostalgic entertainment when I was feeling homesick or, perhaps, too hungover to plan a lesson.

This all got me thinking about how male and female roles were portrayed in Three's Company and how it may have influenced my own views on the matter. Sure, there were some very obvious and blatant sexist and misogynistic elements in the show, but how much of that was a feminist message in disguise. The raging bigot, Archie Bunker, from All in the Family was not intended to promote racism but to shine a spotlight on it, making it fun to learn: to become "woke" so to speak.

All this gave rise to Jack and Janet Dingle-nuts. The Dingle-nuts is a bit of an exploration of sexism, of how it can be a two-way street, an accidental wrong turn, an intentional detour and its pervasiveness in our lives. But, mostly, The Dingle-nuts are a tribute to the glory days of episodic sit-coms and a loving homage to Three's Company.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

your masculinity shouldn't be based on wether or not the woman around you are capable or not

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one is difficult though. Because a lot of women have to care about men being satisfied in order to keep themselves safe. I really appreciate all the work the male author has gone through to understand female perspectives but this still seems to elude him.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That isn't a single gender thing. There are plenty of men who have abusive wives and who are less likely to get support because people don't believe men can be victims of domestic violence.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate when ppl say “oh how nice of your husband to babysit!” B***h its called PARENTING

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So she can admit she isn't satisfied but he isn't allowed to? Why are these two even married?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But I do that all the time. Not with dishes, no. I would never dare. But I can’t take things when they’re passed to me. My hands don’t want to work.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is just weird. Why would you try to push someone down someone just for the sake of it? Cause nothing but hurt, unnecessary conflict or hard feelings.

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