There are plenty of things women have to put up with that they really shouldn’t have to, and sexist comments are definitely one of them. They come from strangers, coworkers, even family members. And it’s always, always the same lines.
You know the ones. “Get in the kitchen.” “Make me a sandwich.” Cue the sigh and the eyeroll. So when one Redditor asked women to share their favorite responses to these tired remarks, we had to round up the best ones. Scroll down to read them all.
#1

Australian Jade Hameister is the youngest person to have pulled off a Polar Hat Trick by traversing the North Pole, South Pole, and Greenland ice sheet. She had multiple boys telling her to get in the kitchen and make her a sandwich. She captioned a post on Instagram “I made you a sandwich (ham & cheese), now ski 37 days and 600km to the South Pole and you can eat it.”
Teach your daughter to ignore them and focus on becoming radically successful at something, and the comebacks will write themselves.
Teach your daughter to ignore them and focus on becoming radically successful at something, and the comebacks will write themselves.
119points
#3

I had an online friend in my late teens who would make comments about women in the kitchen and making sandwiches. Not sure why I let it slide for so long but at some point I got annoyed and asked him,
Me: “you know what they call guys who make jokes about women in the kitchen?”
Friend “?”
Me: “single”
Didn't hear those comments from him after that.
Me: “you know what they call guys who make jokes about women in the kitchen?”
Friend “?”
Me: “single”
Didn't hear those comments from him after that.
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102points
#4

I’d just send a YouTube meant for small children on how to make a sandwich, since he obviously needs some remedial instruction.
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72points
#5

"Oh no, is your babysitter off this week? You poor thing. Do you need help tying your shoes as well?"
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67points
#6

Comebacks are about engaging in a battle of wits to beat the other person at their own game. The problem is that you can't beat a misogynist because their "game" is basically, "haha, I don't consider you to be a human being." I would focus on teaching your step daughter that she is too valuable to waste her energy on people who don't respect her. Whatever she once felt for this boy, he isn't the person she thought he was. She should block him and never give him the time of day, even if he tries to apologize or claims he was only joking later.
It's a very valuable lesson to teach young girls that when someone shows you who they are, you need to believe them. If she gives him a second chance, she is teaching him she will tolerate being treated like garbage.
It's a very valuable lesson to teach young girls that when someone shows you who they are, you need to believe them. If she gives him a second chance, she is teaching him she will tolerate being treated like garbage.
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65points
#7

Had a "kid" (12 years old maybe?) harass my gaming buddies one day. Little [jerk] was just whipping out the insults and more and the voice admin wasn't on to kick him. Nor were a mod. After tormenting the other gamer girl in the channel, he turned his target on me and told me to go to the kitchen and make him a sandwich.
"You don't want me to go to the kitchen, little boy, that's where all the *knives* are."
That shut him up for a couple of minutes and the cheers from the guys were great. By then the voice channel admin got on and got rid of him.
"You don't want me to go to the kitchen, little boy, that's where all the *knives* are."
That shut him up for a couple of minutes and the cheers from the guys were great. By then the voice channel admin got on and got rid of him.
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64points
#8

A fun thing to do when someone makes a sexist “joke” is to act like you don’t get it or didn’t hear the first time, and ask them to repeat it.
Man: make stupid sexist comment
Me: “what? I don’t get it”
Man: “uhhh…(tries to find way to explain why he’s a jerk)”.
Man: make stupid sexist comment
Me: “what? I don’t get it”
Man: “uhhh…(tries to find way to explain why he’s a jerk)”.
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60points
#10

If you can't even make a sandwich, what else can't you do?
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53points
#11

Slap one piece of bread on each of his ears and declare "you're a sandwich."
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49points
#12

My response to “make me a sandwich” is “I’m not that kind of witch. You’ll have to stay a guy.”
48points
#14

A 13 year old would understand the response: “sounds like a skill issue.”
47points
#15

There was a female gamer that dealt with something like this. She told him "how about I [sleep with] your dad and give him a son he actually loves." lmao your daughter is only 13, so that's not recommended but it was hilarious nonetheless.
46points
#16

Oh, I thought I liked you. Thanks for showing me that you’re not my type.
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46points
#18

She doesn’t need a comeback. She needs to say “that’s disrespectful and gross, I’m not wasting any more of my time with you”.
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