COLUMN: Attempt at cow humor shows how society engages in gender policing
Monday, June 7, 2010 | 10:51 a.m. CDT
BY Sarah Palmer

http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2010/06/07/column-attempt-cow-humor-shows-how-society-engages-gender-policing/

It's hard to imagine a grown person getting up in arms over a fairly run-of-the-mill depiction of a cartoon cow. David Rosman has done just that in his column titled "Otis the steer-cow has some identity issues." Rosman takes issue with an animated steer who is referred to as male but also has udders.

Rosman is making a mountain out of a molehill, pulling an entire column's worth of meaning from the swipe of an animator's hand. But of course, writers have made big deals out of minor issues for as long as there have been columns, and Rosman is clearly using hyperbole to get some laughs. A few cow puns never hurt anyone, right?