Anthony Joshua faces criticism over 'sexist' comments about niece

[ThrobbingHood]

Anthony Joshua has been criticised on social media for “sexist” comments made about his niece in an interview that has resurfaced online.

In the GQ piece from March 2017, the champion boxer said he was stricter with his niece than his son because she had to learn "family morals" and would one day grow up to "be someone's wife".

“I don’t think I’m that strict with Joseph, I don’t know why. But with my niece I’m strict,” he said.

“He’s going to be a man’s man, he’ll want to spread his wings be a Jack-the-lad, build his character.

“But with my niece, there is none of that Jack-the-lad nonsense for her!”

“My view is you have to be a good woman, respectful, one day you will be someone’s wife, you have to learn family morals … what it is to be a good woman.”

Anthony Joshua condemned over resurfaced ‘sexist’ comments about his niece

 

[DaRealness]

This fake outrage bullshyt once again.

Scratching your head is enough to cause offence these days.

 

[ThrobbingHood]

Social media users were quick to express their disapproval. “How Anthony Joshua can look at his niece, not as a child but as someone who is going to be a ‘wife’ is really bemusing,” one person wrote.

“Anthony Joshua letting us know his son is allowed to ‘build character’ whilst his niece must prepare to ‘be a wife’,” another tweeted.

One user described Joshua’s words as “sexist and misogynistic”, displaying clear signs of “toxic masculinity”.

 

[EBK String]

these shea butter idiots don't watch boxing it won't hurt his paper at all. mayweather literally went to jail for beating bytches and came out making hundreds of millions

 

[Stacks]

Basically doesn't want her to grow up to be a whore. Nothing wrong with that. Besides, it's his family. Just like with Lewis Hamilton. People need to mind their fukking business

 

[Black Steph Curry]

I guess this is tha new brand of social activism. Fighting injustice, one tweet at a time.

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

Need more black men like him.

 

[RoidJonesJr]

somewhat related, Deontay Wilder-Luis Ortiz is tonight

 

[Hopeofmypeople]

Basically doesn't want her to grow up to be a whore. Nothing wrong with that. Besides, it's his family. Just like with Lewis Hamilton. People need to mind their fukking business

Can’t raise your family right without outsiders trying to tell you how to do it. I dare a motherfuker to try and talk me into letting my son be anything other than a heterosexual black man. No fukking dresses or experimenting.

 

[Stacks]

Can’t raise your family right without outsiders trying to tell you how to do it. I dare a motherfuker to try and talk me into letting my son be anything other than a heterosexual black man. No fukking dresses or experimenting.

Imagine trying to tell CACDESTROYER that he should let his son be "gender fluid"

Cracker getting pistol-whipped for days

 

[StarGirl]

I think the outrage is deserved

 

[Bumblebreh]

somewhat related, Deontay Wilder-Luis Ortiz is tonight

I am betting 100 coli dollars on deontay

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

Basically doesn't want her to grow up to be a whore. Nothing wrong with that.

There is nothing wrong with that. I think the criticism is in the implication that he doesn't need to be equally "strict" in ensuring his son doesn't grow up to be a shytty man.

 

[Family Lives Matter]

I understand where people are coming from how dare he not expect his niece to be a whore swinging from dikk to dikk risking std's and unwanted children

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

Wow, an interruption from 24/7 " men do better/men are bad" x "girls be free/girl power"

Nope