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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPigs: Fox Host Reaction To Female Fighter Pilot: "Boobs On The Ground"
Kimberly Guilfoyle of The Five on Fox News rolled out a story on Wednesday about Major Mariam Al Mansouri, the first female fighter pilot for the United Arab Emirates. Mansouri led the UAE strikes against ISIS on Monday and will reportedly be leading future strikes. Guilfoyle was excited about this woman's ascent, though it was unclear if it was for feminist reasons or just because she enjoyed thinking about fundamentalist Muslims enduring the added humiliation of being bombed by a woman. "I wish it was an American pilot," she said, but "I'll take a woman doing this any day to them. I hope that hurt extra bad for you, because in some Arab countries, women can't even drive!"
Naturally, Guilfoyle's story about a woman doing a thing required her male co-hosts to take one of their patented principled stands against modern feminism. "The problem is, after she bombed it, she couldn't park it," quipped Greg Gutfeld, showing off that edgy humor style from 1955 he has finally mastered. Added Eric Bolling: "Would that be considered boobs on the ground, or no?" Apparently, the idea of any woman in any military hurts extra bad for the men of Fox News, tooas does the sight of a female journalist reporting on it. "Why did they have to ruin my thing?" Guilfoyle asked, burying her face in her hand.
In case you were wondering what kind of people are spending their time trolling YouTube for videos made by women so they can write "BOOBS" in the comments, I think we've found your answer.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/09/25/uae_fighter_pilot_mariam_al_mansouri_fox_news_hosts_call_her_boobs_on_the.html
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Pigs: Fox Host Reaction To Female Fighter Pilot: "Boobs On The Ground" (Original Post)
cali
Sep 2014
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Hong Kong Cavalier
(4,572 posts)1. "Why did they have to ruin my thing?"
You work for Fox News, Ms.Guilfoyle. If you don't know the answer to that question, you haven't been paying attention at to your job's environment.
Initech
(100,072 posts)2. The only real boob in this story is Eric Bolling.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)10. actually the boob is any woman that works with those
Cretins...
cilla4progress
(24,731 posts)3. It's little baby boy humor
for little minds and wee-wees
Rex
(65,616 posts)4. Cowardly male creatures, mocking female military professionals - what a shocker!
Foxnews is an embarrassment to the human race.
Orrex
(63,210 posts)5. Not just any female military professional, either.
Sounds like the Major is literally making history, but the best that Fox can come up with is a joke about female drivers with breasts.
Classy!
Rex
(65,616 posts)7. She should take one of those arm chair commandos up in a fighter plane
but then would probably have to clean up the pee after he screams in fear and passes out from simple practice maneuvers.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)6. fluke in front of congress a "slut". watson in front of UN threatened. fighter pilot, boob.
a pattern?
Orsino
(37,428 posts)8. Ass on the air. n/t
AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)9. Gavin's ex is clueless.
Mike Daniels
(5,842 posts)11. The next time Bolling decides to do a Beavis and Butthead routine
someone should point out that the show made the point to ridicule its title characters and not hold them up to be emulated.
MFM008
(19,808 posts)12. the children's table
This group are the little elementary kids who bullied you out of lunch money.