An Aussie podcaster has offended men by joking that women would survive easily without them.
Maddy Carty, 30, hosts Mads World, a conversational comedy podcast that explores dating, feminism, sexuality, and relationships.
During a lighthearted moment on the podcast, Ms. Carty asked which gender would survive better without the other.
“If all men or all women got deleted off the planet, which gender would fare better?” she asked.
Ms. Carty answered her own question and argued, “Women just figure s–t out”, while men are more random.
“If you send a man to the shops, he’ll bring back the most random items, and you’ll be like, ‘Why did you buy that?’” she joked.
It was clearly not a serious moment, but when a reel of Ms. Carty’s comments was posted on Instagram – it caused immediate offense.
While some people took Ms. Carty’s comments as they were intended, as a joke, others got really riled up.
“Still time to delete this,” one warned.
“No matriarchy in history has ever survived,” another claimed.
“Who built the sofas you’re sitting on? Who built the room you’re in? Who originally found the power to charge your phones? Who designed those microphones you’re using? Who made the platform you’re posting on?” one man asked.
“Rage bait,” one said.
When Ms. Carty replied and said the joke wasn’t “that deep”, the commentator hit back and claimed she must be “on her period” because she seemed angry.
“There is no world that women enjoy without men! This level of delusion is extraordinary,” another man claimed.
“So funny … go back to the kitchen,” one man wrote.
“Clueless women,” one said.
“This is the most delusional thing I think I have ever heard,” someone else complained.
Some men got so riled up that they started making inappropriate comments about Ms. Carty’s appearance and claiming she had a “face for radio” among the comment chaos.
It wasn’t just criticism.
Quite a few women jumped in to defend Ms. Carty and call out men for not taking it as a joke.
Someone said the men complaining are “fragile little boys” and another argued that girls rule and boys drool.
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“Keep telling the truth Queen,” another applauded.
Speaking to news.com.au, Ms. Carty said she was surprised by the backlash because she thought it was pretty clear she was kidding.
“I was shocked that some men took it so seriously. They clearly have some insecurities around not being able to provide,” she said.
“It’s just a funny joke that’s 0.001 per cent of a long podcast. People should just get over it.”
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