WWE Women's History Month: What a Joke, Just Like the Division

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For the second time in two years, WWE has given its fans a taste of yesteryear by providing some good old celebration of women in wrestling history. Their first edition of the "celebration," was a good one, as it provided some great photos we had not seen before with the Women's Championship belt, and allowed new and old fans alike, to cherish what some women wrestlers have given to the business.

From The Fabulous Moolah to Trish Stratus, WWE.com gave us a compilation of different things, current Divas commented on who their role model was, or who they saw themselves to be most like.

This year, WWE.com gave us some hype into Women's History Month and as a fan of female wrestling, I was eager to find out what goodies they had in store for us.

What I got to see was, in my opinion, a craptasic pile of doo-doo.

On March 1, the first day of the Women's History Month, WWE.com provided us with a small photo of Kelly Kelly wearing a Divas Logo ball hat with the text: "In Celebration of Women's History Month." They had a special offer for a free bracelet with a shirt purchase. What?!

My initial thought was: is this how you ring in the month you want to celebrate women in wrestling? Perhaps it was just a little beginning and it would come to fruition later that day or the next day. I checked again and still the same little photo was up. So I decided maybe March 2, would bring me something new.

Let the "Celebration" Begin

The next day comes and to my disappointment, it was the same little photo with the same writing and the same link. Now that's really bad. For some company to hype out a "celebration," it seemed like they let the helium out of the balloons. I was expecting a little more and something like the past celebration, maybe some new photos we had never seen, a special section with memorable matches or an article on the Fabulous Moolah who began it all for WWE.

Still, nothing.

A week goes by and I was delirious with disappointment. What kind of "Celebrate Women's History Month," starts off with a tiny picture to a link with a discount?

To my amazement, WWE.com put up a photo of a magazine which had Sherri Martel, Fabulous Moolah, Trish Stratus, Natalya, Beth Phoenix and Michelle McCool on it in the main photo rotation. I got excited. Finally something about women's history was on their website.

I clicked on the photo link and was brought to the same photo now larger. It had six statements all links to different pages. Now that was something different. I clicked on "Past Divas Leave their Mark." It was nice to read what these past Divas desired to be their "legacy," left to remember, but only five Divas were chosen for this article?

Next I clicked on "Famous Females Famous Finishers," and expected to see some great photos of women performing their finishing moves. Instead I was met with a grid of names on one side and some kind of "funny" finisher names on the other. Really, what does Amelia Earhart, Julia Child or Annie Oakly have to do with females in wrestling? Another bomb.

Reduced to a tiny "feature"

So later I clicked on "Exclusive: Current Divas Dish on Influences," which was probably the best part of the whole "feature." We got Natalya, Michelle McCool, Maryse, Gail Kim, Eve Torres, Brie Bella, Beth, Alicia Fox and Vickie Guerrero all telling us what woman inspired them in their lives. And to my surprise, some of them weren't even wrestlers, which was a nice refreshing change.

Then I saw another feature, "Breaking the Count: U.S. Soccer Legend Kristine Lilly." I wasn't interested and didn't click on it. Fail.

So then there was "Beth Phoenix Gives You a History Lesson," and thought, "Hmmm interesting." I was taken to a video titled, "Beth Phoenix honors those who've paved the way for women everywhere." It was a nice video. I personally would have used it as the opening to the celebration on March 1. It seemed kind of odd stuck on that fake magazine.

So the last little feature was "Check out the WWE Universe Women's History Month Submissions." I was kind of insulted because the WWE Universe closed as of January 1, 2011. But it was a great feature nonetheless. It was nice to see some fan submissions.

All in all the WWE.com's "celebration," is the equivalent to a deflating balloon. Much like the current women's division, this feature seems to have had very little thought put into it and not much care.

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Yo Mama Jokes - A Sad History

Most of us perceive jokes as inconsequential elements which are mainly derived from our day to day activities to add some humor to our dull and busy schedules. Interestingly, very few of us realize that jokes form a realm of their own that is governed not only by morality, ethics, the art of narration, sense of timing and most importantly the ability to relieve our tangled mass of nerves; but also boast a unique history of their own. This is especially true for a category of jokes known as the" Yo Mama jokes" which thrive on an aggregate of occupying and sad events.

To give a slight perspective of how Yo Mama jokes originated, it would be beneficial to mention an African American practice of long-standing which may be termed as an oral custom of hurdling insults on to the other person, usually an acquaintance and taking turns until the opponent was left with no witty and critical comebacks. These insults varied in intensity and are generally termed as "playing the dozens". While the custom may sound to be absurd and nonsensical to many, the age-old tradition on the contrary, requires the contestants to be apt enough to combine their witty conceptions with facetious expressions so as to produce the desired effect. The retorts had to be unpredictably witty and satirical in order for an individual to win.

This custom of "playing the dozens" is said to have originated from the practice of selling old and deformed slaves in an auction. The slaves were generally sold by the dozen. Undoubtedly this mocking and deriding event was a great blow to the Black slaves who were grouped together in lots of "cheap dozens" and then sold to the slave owners.

So how do Yo Mama jokes link to something so disrespectful and contemptuous? This custom of ridiculing their opponents led to the emergence of a new category of jokes called the Yo Mama jokes which helped slaves survive in harmony among themselves and maintain their tolerance while adding joy to their lives with these trivial jokes and witty remarks. This oral custom is said to have been developed by the elderly male slaves to increase the acceptance level among their younger friends. Sadly, as slaves were treated with great contempt and cruelty in those days, a great many young slaves lost their lives while fighting or protesting against the abusive treatment they received.

The basic idea behind these jokes was to enable these young slaves to develop a tolerance against the jokes concerning their mothers, thus enabling them to withstand and endure the cruelest and provoking remarks.

As humor has a way of seeping into our lives as a source of happiness and joyful emotions, it would be safe to conclude that "Yo Mama jokes gave these slaves a way of ridding their minds of their troubles and duties while enjoying some good time with each other.

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