I believe that oversensitivity to gender issues is as, if not more, offensive -- patronising -- to women, than the lack of sensitivity. I also think that men are the butt of the joke in that cartoon.

But, in an attempt to settle the matter, I have sent the following email to 3 different Professors of Women's Studies to elicit an authoritative opinion. One has auto-reponded saying she is out until the September, 16th. Nothing yet from the others.

I'm suspending my further interactions on this subject until I get something to report.

Hi [...],
 
This is a kind of off-the-wall request. 

I've picked you out from an internet search for:

  "professor of women's studies university"
 
I wonder if you would consider looking at a cartoon:
 
    <redacted>
 
And briefly offering your opinion on whether it is offensive to women?
 
This comes about from an on-line discussion amongst (mostly) male prog
+rammers, some of whom think it might be.
 
My personal conclusion -- white anglo-saxon male atheist 30 years marr
+ied to a muslim women -- is that it is not offensive to women, but ra
+ther makes men's innate, stereotypical reactions, the butt of the jok
+e.
 
But I would like a second opinion.
 
Many thanks for your time, regardless of your decision,
 
[...]
 
Ps. for reference: 

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    Moose is a new, hyped, but very heavyweight add-on library for tha
+t language. 
    Mouse is another add-on library providing similar functionality, b
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