“Unveiling the Hidden Bias: How a Viral TikTok Trend Reveals the Dark Reality of Weaponized Incompetence Against Women”
The prank in question consisted of a husband being asked to “wash the potatoes” by his visibly busy wife. The husband subsequently started washing the potatoes with Palmolive dish soap before asking his wife: “That Palmolive soap is good for the potatoes, right?”
Fed up with her husband’s total cluelessness in the kitchen, the wife was filmed taking over the task before the useless husband gave a look of satisfaction to the camera.
An expert spoke to Bored Panda about weaponized incompetence
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“Weaponized incompetence,” Laura Danger exclaimed. She stated: “Trying to call this comedy is making light of an issue that is serious. There is a stress gap between men and women.”
She continued: “Compared to men, women are twice as likely to suffer from severe stress and anxiety. Married women do more housework than married men.”
In the 2023 Stress in America survey, women reported higher average stress levels than men (5.3 versus 4.8 out of 10). Women were also more likely to rate their stress as more intense (8-10/10) compared to men.
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Another married couple took to their TikTok page to exemplify what they thought were the differences between weaponized incompetence and actually “not knowing how to do stuff.”
In that case, the husband in the video humorously illustrated weaponized incompetence by smashing an egg onto a cooking tray before announcing: “You’re so much better at cooking and cleaning than me!
“Why don’t you just do it?”
