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Breaking down the problems with SFU’s National Sweater Day video

[dropcap]Y[/dropcap]ou may have thought that the recent controversy surrounding the video produced for SFU to promote National Sweater Day was overblown, or as one online commenter charmingly said, that the reaction was “feminism run amok,” but there is so much more wrong with this video than its representation of gender stereotypes — although that is a very good place to start. The video involves a female instructor named “Miss Pinkham,” and a male student named “Chad.” The only way we can understand what this video is getting at or why it is supposed to be tongue-in-cheek is because it is…

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