Yup. That one has been p!$$ing me off for years.
Lowest form of life in commercials? White Male. Can't cook. Can't feed a child a TV dinner (Heaven help him if Super Mom has to go away on business...then he gets a lesson on the color coded Tupperware in the 'fridge). Can't do anything that could be considered domestic. Has all the neat tools or wants them but has no clue how to use them. Black Males occupy the Madison Avenue rung just above the White Male.
The Highest form of life in commercials? The Black Female. She takes no crap from anyone. She can do anything. She knows everything. NO ONE may contradict her. If it happens, watch out.
Hispanic Females occupy the Madison Avenue rung right below the Black Female.
Back a few years ago the website commercialsihate.com tackled this issue with a chart that documented the world according to TV. Some universal rules they came up with are:
Minority Children > White Children > Minority Women > White Women > Minority Men > White Men
1. Children of any race are ALWAYS more intelligent and useful than their parents or any other authority figure. If both minority and white kids are included they minority kids will be portrayed as more intelligent and useful than the white kids.
2. Women of any race are ALWAYS more intelligent and useful than men of any race. Again, if the commercial includes both a minority and white women, the minority women will be portrayed as the more intelligent and useful than the white.
3. Men (both minority and white) are universally portrayed as being dumb and useless as dirt IF the commercial also includes women and/or children. However, if it is just men, the minority man will be portrayed as far more intelligent and useful than the white.
EXCEPTION: Gay Men. The automatically get bumped up in intelligence and usefulness to same level as a women of the respective race.
I just got a new planer in yesterday (helical carbide cutter head- I’m so excited to go try it out!), then came home from a full day of work and made dinner, so that it was ready when the wife came home from work. Didn’t whine about any of it- but then, I’m quite a bit over 35 :)