Let’s face it lads, when amongst the lads we must behave like lads; there simply is no helping it. Or is there? I recently completed a book titled “How to be a Gentleman: A Timely Guide to Timeless Manners” by John Bridges, which stated that a gentleman should never laugh at a sexist joke even when in exclusively male company. Now I may come off as a terrible person for saying this, but if one of the boys were to express any sort of displeasure at a joke (any joke really) he would become the source of much ridicule, and not for no good reason. I’m sorry, but not only was the book unoriginal and blase, it did make several ridiculous assertions that most “gentlemen” would find impossible to follow. The key to class really is knowing how to behave in any given situation, to know how to be comfortable anywhere one goes. I am afraid, when in exlusively male company a man is obligated to laugh even at the very bad jokes. The nice thing about being a lady is that she can tell all the sexist jokes she likes and we lads are obligated to laugh at them as well, no matter how third-rate they probably really are.
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