Sexist Internet Trolls Tell This 16-Year-Old Explorer To “Go Make A Sandwich”, And Her Comeback Is Epic
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16-year-old Australian skier Jade Hameister is the coolest teen. After a grueling 37-day trip through the Antarctic, she became the youngest person to complete the Polar Hat Trick, which includes traversing the North Pole, South Pole, and Greenland ice sheet. Not only that, she schooled her trolls in a way they will never forget.
A couple of years ago, Hameister gave a TEDx talk, explaining her journey towards the Polar Hat Trick and encouraging other young women to follow their dreams. And even though she had already skied to the North Pole at the time, her accomplishments didn’t stop trolls from bombarding her with sexist remarks. One of the most popular ones was “make me a sandwich.” And on January 13th this year, after her biggest life goal yet, Hameister did just that.
After the talk, Jade skied unassisted across the Greenland icecap in 2017, completing the second part of her hat trick. To reach the South Pole, she pulled a 220-pound sled for 373 miles across Antarctica.
There, she took a photo at the Ceremonial South Pole while holding a plate. “I made you a sandwich (ham & cheese),” Jade addressed the trolls. “Now ski <…> to the South Pole and you can eat it.”
“These past couple of years have been filled with crazy new experiences,” the explorer wrote. “Experiences that have transformed me and my soul. New pins on my map, new smells, new tastes, new friends, new cultures and a new mindset. I’ve pushed myself past what I once thought were my boundaries and challenged what other people once thought was possible for young women in particular.”
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16-year-old Australian skier Jade Hameister became the youngest person to complete the Polar Hat Trick
After her TEDx talk 2 years ago, she received some very nasty comments from men, telling her to “go make a sandwich”
To put them to their place, she came up with the perfect revenge plan:
“Now ski <…> to the South Pole and you can eat it”
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As a writer and image editor for Bored Panda, Giedrė crafts posts on many different topics to push them to their potential. She's also glad that her Bachelor’s degree in English Philology didn’t go to waste (although collecting dust in the attic could also be considered an achievement of aesthetic value!) Giedrė is an avid fan of cats, photography, and mysteries, and a keen observer of the Internet culture which is what she is most excited to write about. Since she's embarked on her journalistic endeavor, Giedrė has over 600 articles under her belt and hopes for twice as much (fingers crossed - half of them are about cats).
My comment might sound sexist as well but I can't helo asking it. Why is the internet full of men who write sexist comments? Being female online, sometimes I'm not comfortable admitting that I'm a girl,, because once the internet knows I am, suddenly anything I said would be irrelevant. Then comes such comments as' you're a girl what do you know?' 'you're just jealous of her'
It's not sexist of you. The answer to your question is the same for any bullies: It's their insecurity that they try to mask by abusing others who won't be able to fight back (e.g. by never meeting them). If someone was justifiably self-confident, they wouldn't need to be so pathetic.
Load More Replies...As a man, I ABSOLUTELY agree with you, Tiny. These cowardly, insecure A$$HOLES wouldn't have the guts to look her in the eye and make such a remark. These cretins are not men, inthe true sense of the woed
I absolutely agree with you! This girl achieved more in a short space of her life than those a***holes will ever achieve in their life time. I'm a man and I take my hat off to her for achieving what she did. She has most definitely earned my respect.
Indeed! People who feel they’ve actually accomplished something in life and are rightly proud of it, also tend to be proud of the achievements of others. What they don’t do, is tell other people to go sit down or shut up!
Thank you for using neutral terms. Women also bully other men and women online and use crass language that is typically associated with misogyny. I feel it is important to focus on this young woman's awesome achievement.
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And if someone was justifiably self-confident she wouldn't claim victimhood and then virtue signal to the world. NOW GET ME A BEER, TINY! Chop chop.
Simply because this is a very misogynist world we live in. We women are still seen as being "less than" even though we are also human beings. And you're right, people especially men love to dismiss us and treat us like a monolith and treat us as though anything we have to say is irrelevant because in their minds "women are irrelevant". Our lives don't matter to them. So what you are saying is not sexist at all. It's unfortunately the truth. And that's why I (and many others) fight so hard for equality.
WOW Caitlyn, good for you! You're literally the ONE person who can say that!
I've also noticed that mansplainers really don't like being called out as mansplainers... In their mind, they are just 'informing us'... Umm, thanks!!! **rolls eyes**
Here it is for the semi-r******d, hopefully Full Name will even understand. mansplain manˈspleɪn/Submit verbinformal gerund or present participle: mansplaining (of a man) explain (something) to someone, typically a woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing. "I'm listening to a guy mansplain economics to his wife"
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What is a mansplainer? I consulted with the good 'ole Oxford English Dictionary and gosh darn if it didn't show up. Maybe it'll show up in the online version as a subset of SJW Feminist.
Because we live in a patriarcal world and for a really long time, men were the ones that brought food and money and women stayed home to care for the children and cook. We have since changed but some people doesn't want to leave the 1950's and continue to have a mindset that a woman's only role is to be a housewife and care for her husband's every need. And these things are easier to say online because the people can hide behind a screen and doesn't have to face the same consequenses that they would get if saying it IRL.
I would have to disagree about the bread-winners... woman at home/man at work was just a temporary phase after the industrial revolution took off and there were more job options than before for men (although both men and women worked in factories) but in past centuries/millenia most people lived in villages and were farmers and both men and women worked hard in the field and taking care of domestic animals. When I compare the situation in the village where my grandma lived, women even did more work than men, in the field, around and in the house plus taking care of children.. The root of patriatchy is the notion that men are supreme and better than women.. us women may have gained rights we never had in the past times but it's far from ideal.. the change has to happen within men's heads and in society as well for this sexism thing to go away
I think you’re forgetting that women of color have always worked outside the home, along side poor women. We didn’t get a say or have a choice, (and some of us were forced to work for free. ) not working was the privilege of upper class western white women, and members of the nobility. Women in non western societies and poor women always worked, and worked hard in an out of the home.
The internet just like the real world is full of a**e holes, the difference however is that on the internet people are anonymous, so can write c**p about they cannot say in the real world without getting their head kicked in.
Yes this, I can guarantee these same guys probably aren’t saying this to women’s faces in the real world. All kinds of losers get bold on the internet!
Tiny-D**k-itis, with a prognosis of a Mum’s-Basement-Sofa-ectomy and a Game-console-removal as possible palliative efforts to enable steps toward joining the human race - with extended rehab.
I tell such people to f*ck off and never reply anything to their statements again. If someone writes stuff like that, he's below my level of intelligence and open-mindedness and thus unworthy for my attention. I do hope you do the same with such a**holes.
I'm a senior, but I still remembered the first few times I logged on. As soon as I wrote my name I was deluged with sexist and suggestive comments. I did nothing to earn hostility except to have a female name (which can also be male, though rarer). I went on to have a career in software, but it is a difficult culture for women. I hope the next few generations can make a real dent in that. (I was also once grabbed by the breasts while browsing in the library, so there's a #MeToo.)
They're compensating for something. And they would never have the guts themselves to even walk to a supermarket on their own.
Yes, Caitlyn. MOST WOMEN DEAL WITH MISOGYNY. You realize I'm a woman living in the US, the same country as you? So I'm talking about my own experiences combined with the experiences of every woman I've ever met. I'm not "watching too much news." I'm looking at the real world. Look at this comment, section.. There are STILL men making jokes about women "making them sandwiches." You don't find that sexist and stupid and offensive? Of course not! Because you want to be the "cool girl" who totally doesn't get feminism and why anyone needs it so the guys will think you're super awesome and want to be friends with you. Also... understanding that we live in a world that tends to be biased towards women doesn't mean we walk around whining and acting like victims all day. It simply means we recognize reality and aren't willing to pretend everything is f*****g fine with how many women are treated.
Also, Caitlyn... How the hell do YOU empower any women anywhere?? Honest question.
Because "When you're accustomed to privilege equality feels like oppression." so they get back at those mean women trying to keep them down (by being better than them in everything they do).
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"Why is the internet full of men who write sexist comments?" It isn't. There are some children that may make stupid comments. What it is full of is bloggers that know that click-bait polarizing topics offer some job security, if they get paid or attention. Also, anonymity may offer the opportunity for women to pose as "men". Beyond that, there at least one study that suggests females are just as likely to use derogatory terms that are generally viewed as misogynistic. https://www.demos.co.uk/project/misogyny-on-twitter/ Mind you, I recognize sexism. I also recognize sensationalism and a departure from reality. Beyond that, I find it sad that this young woman's story has appended a "girls rule, boys drool sentiment" or a "those meany boys" over an amazing feat that I think is awesome. It is far more important that this young woman did something awesome.
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It goes both ways. There are plenty of rude men on the internet that are sexist. There are also tons of women on the internet who are sexist. One difference is that when women are sexist its considered a positive thing. There are entire websites like Buzzfeed who devote a large portion of their content towards being sexist against men.
LOL! God, what's it like to feel the need to be constantly victimized? There are literally no popular websites that "devote a large portion of their content towards being sexist against men." I go on Buzzfeed often, and I've literally never felt that way. You don't give a s**t what women go through. You don't give a s**t about sexism. You care about making "poor men" victims. Grow up, mont.
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men? It's the internet, you don't know for sure. Could be boys or full grown adult women.
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Actually according to Pew Global data, (Which is a great source btw), women abuse men online more than men on women. In fact women abuse women more. And I think that saying all men online are sexist IS in itself sexist. Being a female online has nothing to do with the way most people give you credit but that's just me.
"The Global Attitudes Project is a series of worldwide public opinion surveys…" Sure, a great source. What is actually accurate, is the fact that men get more harassed online than women (by other men) but a crucial left point here is the fact that these men receive generic abuse, not gendered: that is, they get called 'moron' or whatever because of dissenting opinions, etc., while women get specifically targeted for being women and it reflects on the kind of abuse they receive.
I love TED talks but the horde of misogynistic comments that appear each time a woman is giving a talk kinda ruins the experience for me. TED is all about "ideas worth spreading". Thus, it seems like unlikely place to gather so many angry, retrograde trolls. Kudos to this girl though, she is awesome.
It was a difficult habit to break but I made myself stop reading the comments on such talks. But it also inspired me to commit to never making negative comments anywhere online. No matter how stupid or bigoted someone is I refuse to respond. I may correct obvious mistakes or misinformation but I do so politely. I only comment when I have something positive to add to the conversation.
Load More Replies...You are SO missing out on having some "fun" putting some of those JackWagons in their place and "breaking it off..." So to speak. It's true that far too many of them, men OR women, fail to grasp that they just had their proverbial as* handed to them, since it went well over their heads. But, conversely, sometimes it's like beating your head against a brick wall, too, and so NOT worth it. But those who act the fool and are outwitted get REALLY quiet after being handed their Butt and having NO witty response. THAT is the fun in the effort IF you want to chance it. Otherwise I understand your position on the point.
I also try to do this. Only once I somehow got into an exchange where I was explaining clearly and politely my knowledge of a fairly innocuous topic and after a couple of exchanges realized that the other person just wanted to argue. I responded by saying that it seemed he wanted to argue with someone about something and I did not want to. It was really dumb.
I agree. Don't read the comments on those youtube videos. You know what all the idiots are going to say anyway.
Letting their comments "ruin your experience" of the TED talks is exactly what these a*****e trolls are looking to do. Do yourself a favor, don't read on after realizing it's just bulls--t. This woman deserves all the kudos she gets for her endeavors. Hell yeah, you go girl!
never read the comments! It's the only way to survive the internet experience, or find yourself a group you can study for a year before you realize if you can trust them or not and if you decide you can , post away. Yes it's labor intensive but it's saves you sanity in the end.
Thank goodness you didn't bother yourself with the thoughts of small minds and went right ahead, proving them wrong. :) Bonus points on enjoying a laugh at then end.
My comment might sound sexist as well but I can't helo asking it. Why is the internet full of men who write sexist comments? Being female online, sometimes I'm not comfortable admitting that I'm a girl,, because once the internet knows I am, suddenly anything I said would be irrelevant. Then comes such comments as' you're a girl what do you know?' 'you're just jealous of her'
It's not sexist of you. The answer to your question is the same for any bullies: It's their insecurity that they try to mask by abusing others who won't be able to fight back (e.g. by never meeting them). If someone was justifiably self-confident, they wouldn't need to be so pathetic.
Load More Replies...As a man, I ABSOLUTELY agree with you, Tiny. These cowardly, insecure A$$HOLES wouldn't have the guts to look her in the eye and make such a remark. These cretins are not men, inthe true sense of the woed
I absolutely agree with you! This girl achieved more in a short space of her life than those a***holes will ever achieve in their life time. I'm a man and I take my hat off to her for achieving what she did. She has most definitely earned my respect.
Indeed! People who feel they’ve actually accomplished something in life and are rightly proud of it, also tend to be proud of the achievements of others. What they don’t do, is tell other people to go sit down or shut up!
Thank you for using neutral terms. Women also bully other men and women online and use crass language that is typically associated with misogyny. I feel it is important to focus on this young woman's awesome achievement.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
And if someone was justifiably self-confident she wouldn't claim victimhood and then virtue signal to the world. NOW GET ME A BEER, TINY! Chop chop.
Simply because this is a very misogynist world we live in. We women are still seen as being "less than" even though we are also human beings. And you're right, people especially men love to dismiss us and treat us like a monolith and treat us as though anything we have to say is irrelevant because in their minds "women are irrelevant". Our lives don't matter to them. So what you are saying is not sexist at all. It's unfortunately the truth. And that's why I (and many others) fight so hard for equality.
WOW Caitlyn, good for you! You're literally the ONE person who can say that!
I've also noticed that mansplainers really don't like being called out as mansplainers... In their mind, they are just 'informing us'... Umm, thanks!!! **rolls eyes**
Here it is for the semi-r******d, hopefully Full Name will even understand. mansplain manˈspleɪn/Submit verbinformal gerund or present participle: mansplaining (of a man) explain (something) to someone, typically a woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing. "I'm listening to a guy mansplain economics to his wife"
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
What is a mansplainer? I consulted with the good 'ole Oxford English Dictionary and gosh darn if it didn't show up. Maybe it'll show up in the online version as a subset of SJW Feminist.
Because we live in a patriarcal world and for a really long time, men were the ones that brought food and money and women stayed home to care for the children and cook. We have since changed but some people doesn't want to leave the 1950's and continue to have a mindset that a woman's only role is to be a housewife and care for her husband's every need. And these things are easier to say online because the people can hide behind a screen and doesn't have to face the same consequenses that they would get if saying it IRL.
I would have to disagree about the bread-winners... woman at home/man at work was just a temporary phase after the industrial revolution took off and there were more job options than before for men (although both men and women worked in factories) but in past centuries/millenia most people lived in villages and were farmers and both men and women worked hard in the field and taking care of domestic animals. When I compare the situation in the village where my grandma lived, women even did more work than men, in the field, around and in the house plus taking care of children.. The root of patriatchy is the notion that men are supreme and better than women.. us women may have gained rights we never had in the past times but it's far from ideal.. the change has to happen within men's heads and in society as well for this sexism thing to go away
I think you’re forgetting that women of color have always worked outside the home, along side poor women. We didn’t get a say or have a choice, (and some of us were forced to work for free. ) not working was the privilege of upper class western white women, and members of the nobility. Women in non western societies and poor women always worked, and worked hard in an out of the home.
The internet just like the real world is full of a**e holes, the difference however is that on the internet people are anonymous, so can write c**p about they cannot say in the real world without getting their head kicked in.
Yes this, I can guarantee these same guys probably aren’t saying this to women’s faces in the real world. All kinds of losers get bold on the internet!
Tiny-D**k-itis, with a prognosis of a Mum’s-Basement-Sofa-ectomy and a Game-console-removal as possible palliative efforts to enable steps toward joining the human race - with extended rehab.
I tell such people to f*ck off and never reply anything to their statements again. If someone writes stuff like that, he's below my level of intelligence and open-mindedness and thus unworthy for my attention. I do hope you do the same with such a**holes.
I'm a senior, but I still remembered the first few times I logged on. As soon as I wrote my name I was deluged with sexist and suggestive comments. I did nothing to earn hostility except to have a female name (which can also be male, though rarer). I went on to have a career in software, but it is a difficult culture for women. I hope the next few generations can make a real dent in that. (I was also once grabbed by the breasts while browsing in the library, so there's a #MeToo.)
They're compensating for something. And they would never have the guts themselves to even walk to a supermarket on their own.
Yes, Caitlyn. MOST WOMEN DEAL WITH MISOGYNY. You realize I'm a woman living in the US, the same country as you? So I'm talking about my own experiences combined with the experiences of every woman I've ever met. I'm not "watching too much news." I'm looking at the real world. Look at this comment, section.. There are STILL men making jokes about women "making them sandwiches." You don't find that sexist and stupid and offensive? Of course not! Because you want to be the "cool girl" who totally doesn't get feminism and why anyone needs it so the guys will think you're super awesome and want to be friends with you. Also... understanding that we live in a world that tends to be biased towards women doesn't mean we walk around whining and acting like victims all day. It simply means we recognize reality and aren't willing to pretend everything is f*****g fine with how many women are treated.
Also, Caitlyn... How the hell do YOU empower any women anywhere?? Honest question.
Because "When you're accustomed to privilege equality feels like oppression." so they get back at those mean women trying to keep them down (by being better than them in everything they do).
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
"Why is the internet full of men who write sexist comments?" It isn't. There are some children that may make stupid comments. What it is full of is bloggers that know that click-bait polarizing topics offer some job security, if they get paid or attention. Also, anonymity may offer the opportunity for women to pose as "men". Beyond that, there at least one study that suggests females are just as likely to use derogatory terms that are generally viewed as misogynistic. https://www.demos.co.uk/project/misogyny-on-twitter/ Mind you, I recognize sexism. I also recognize sensationalism and a departure from reality. Beyond that, I find it sad that this young woman's story has appended a "girls rule, boys drool sentiment" or a "those meany boys" over an amazing feat that I think is awesome. It is far more important that this young woman did something awesome.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
It goes both ways. There are plenty of rude men on the internet that are sexist. There are also tons of women on the internet who are sexist. One difference is that when women are sexist its considered a positive thing. There are entire websites like Buzzfeed who devote a large portion of their content towards being sexist against men.
LOL! God, what's it like to feel the need to be constantly victimized? There are literally no popular websites that "devote a large portion of their content towards being sexist against men." I go on Buzzfeed often, and I've literally never felt that way. You don't give a s**t what women go through. You don't give a s**t about sexism. You care about making "poor men" victims. Grow up, mont.
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men? It's the internet, you don't know for sure. Could be boys or full grown adult women.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Actually according to Pew Global data, (Which is a great source btw), women abuse men online more than men on women. In fact women abuse women more. And I think that saying all men online are sexist IS in itself sexist. Being a female online has nothing to do with the way most people give you credit but that's just me.
"The Global Attitudes Project is a series of worldwide public opinion surveys…" Sure, a great source. What is actually accurate, is the fact that men get more harassed online than women (by other men) but a crucial left point here is the fact that these men receive generic abuse, not gendered: that is, they get called 'moron' or whatever because of dissenting opinions, etc., while women get specifically targeted for being women and it reflects on the kind of abuse they receive.
I love TED talks but the horde of misogynistic comments that appear each time a woman is giving a talk kinda ruins the experience for me. TED is all about "ideas worth spreading". Thus, it seems like unlikely place to gather so many angry, retrograde trolls. Kudos to this girl though, she is awesome.
It was a difficult habit to break but I made myself stop reading the comments on such talks. But it also inspired me to commit to never making negative comments anywhere online. No matter how stupid or bigoted someone is I refuse to respond. I may correct obvious mistakes or misinformation but I do so politely. I only comment when I have something positive to add to the conversation.
Load More Replies...You are SO missing out on having some "fun" putting some of those JackWagons in their place and "breaking it off..." So to speak. It's true that far too many of them, men OR women, fail to grasp that they just had their proverbial as* handed to them, since it went well over their heads. But, conversely, sometimes it's like beating your head against a brick wall, too, and so NOT worth it. But those who act the fool and are outwitted get REALLY quiet after being handed their Butt and having NO witty response. THAT is the fun in the effort IF you want to chance it. Otherwise I understand your position on the point.
I also try to do this. Only once I somehow got into an exchange where I was explaining clearly and politely my knowledge of a fairly innocuous topic and after a couple of exchanges realized that the other person just wanted to argue. I responded by saying that it seemed he wanted to argue with someone about something and I did not want to. It was really dumb.
I agree. Don't read the comments on those youtube videos. You know what all the idiots are going to say anyway.
Letting their comments "ruin your experience" of the TED talks is exactly what these a*****e trolls are looking to do. Do yourself a favor, don't read on after realizing it's just bulls--t. This woman deserves all the kudos she gets for her endeavors. Hell yeah, you go girl!
never read the comments! It's the only way to survive the internet experience, or find yourself a group you can study for a year before you realize if you can trust them or not and if you decide you can , post away. Yes it's labor intensive but it's saves you sanity in the end.
Thank goodness you didn't bother yourself with the thoughts of small minds and went right ahead, proving them wrong. :) Bonus points on enjoying a laugh at then end.
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