It’s never « just a joke. » Women fought for the right to vote, get an education, own property, work, open bank accounts, hold office, receive equal opportunities, access reproductive healthcare, and live with basic freedoms that many take for granted today. Generations of women marched, protested, were jailed, humiliated, and even died fighting for those rights. When sexism is constantly excused as ‘just a joke,’ it helps normalize the very attitudes they fought against. History didn’t change b