Why did the woman cross the road? Wait, better question, why is she out of the kitchen!?

Jokes like these are used to affiliate women with the degrading stereotype that they have worked for so long and so hard to overcome through out history. But throughout more recent American history, women have fought to earn their right to vote and end a majority of feminine discrimination. They took baby steps to achieve this right to independence. In the business world today women such as Oprah Winfrey and Martha Stewart are known as some of the most influential and powerful women not only the media, but in the stock market, and worldwide help-organizations. Also many other female actresses such as Ellen De-generous have endorsed ending further discrimination and public issues; whether it's spreading awareness of starvation in Africa, standing up for gay rights, or trying to end cyber-harassment and bullying. Women today are still fighting for respect after all these years, some holding better and higher jobs than men. They are doing amazing things and deserve some credit. Jokes like the ones above can really be a kick-in-the-teeth to many. I know among my peers that a lot of kids say this stuff just to joke around, they do not stop to think for a second the effect it will have on anyone. People can always blame sources for this: the media, forms of parental raising, lack-of-feminine education in schools; But I know, especially after recently watching a video in sociology that disregarded female discrimination and degradation, that I will try to be more sociological mindful towards these jokes about women from now on.