Yeah no that just seems like mean spirited sexist body shaming to me. I'm not a cow, thanks.
I don’t find that particularly funny either, but if you don’t mind indulging me here Rad, you’ve (perhaps inadvertently) brought up one of the aspects of a lot of current media criticism I have a very hard time understanding, and it’s rare I have the opportunity to discuss it with anyone in a civil manner.
I’m able to feel sympathy, even empathy for more well written characters I can identify with, but I don’t believe I have ever felt
personally attacked by a fictional character. Especially not a fictional character I’m not even familiar with (I’m presuming neither of us are watching this show, correct me if I’m wrong). My thoughts would run like this: Maybe that male character is supposed to be a sexist jerk, which is all right, isn’t it? Hannibal Lecter is a fictional character and he literally kills and eats people, but he’s still a good character (in the sense he’s well written, not good in the “nice” sense, obviously) and/or perhaps that female character is awful and deserves to be taken down a peg?
Without any context or knowledge of the characters and situation involved, I’m not sure I’d find it possible to even judge who (if anyone) might be in the right/wrong, let alone identify with one of the characters to the point I would find it personally hurtful. Understand that I’m not saying you can’t or shouldn’t feel that way, I’m just really interested to understand
how. Is it because some people are able to deeply identify with characters simply because of their appearance? I have to say, I find that idea absolutely alien myself because in order to identify with a character I need them to first display traits and behaviours or have experiences I can empathise with, and superficial similarities have pretty much zero bearing on that.