Posted on 01/15/2019 8:40:21 AM PST by rickmichaels
Its been a very bad week for men.
Yesterday, the American Psychological Association released a set of guidelines that condemned traditional masculinity as harmful.
Specifically, it stated that male traits like stoicism, competitiveness, achievement, eschewal of the appearance of weakness, adventure, and risk are bad and should be expunged.
I literally choked on my bacon-and-sausage sandwich (my contribution to Veganuary) when I read this absurd load of PC-crazed bilge.
Its basically saying that its wrong, and harmful, to be masculine, to be a man.
As David French, a writer for the National Review, put it in his withering response to the report: The assault on traditional masculinity while liberating to men who dont fit traditional norms is itself harmful to the millions of young men who seek to be physically and mentally tough, to rise to challenges, and demonstrate leadership under pressure. The assault on traditional masculinity is an assault on their very natures. Are boys disproportionately adventurous? Are they risk-takers? Do they feel a need to be strong? Do they often by default reject stereotypically feminine characteristics? Yes, yes, yes and yes.
Exactly.
Ive got three sons and a daughter.
My siblings have eight girls and a boy between them.
So Ive had plenty of experience watching all 13 of these children (their ages range from two to 25) grow up.
And heres a cast-iron fact for you: girls are very different to boys.
They think differently, behave differently, dress differently, emote differently, and have markedly different characteristics.
Anyone whos actually had kids knows this.
Yet somehow, its become offensive to say it out loud.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
between gillette ads and the gay vodka ads with ted dansig - commercials are becoming lecturing platforms, not product selling platforms-
DON'T F### WITH THE USA AND OUR INSTITUTIONS.
Several years ago at least ten, I bought a crapton of Gillette blades on that famous auction site. I’m not sure where the guy got them, but they are genuine and the supply is down to two boxes. I was just getting ready to buy more.
After this outrage, I’ve decided never to buy a Gillette blade again. Ever. That auction site also has some vintage straight razors. I think a leather strop and good Sheffield or Solingen steel and I’ll be good to go.
F these people. Stupid, stupid stupid. One would think a cardinal rule in business, don’t do ANYTHING to insult your customer. The shareholders are getting screwed on this kind of nonsense too.
I don’t care if they apologize, they should have known better in the first place. Inexcusable. Epic Fail.
Piers Morgan???
Did I just see flying pigs?
My dad was the most masculine man I have ever known, with exception of my son named after him. They both exhibit every so called negative trait described in the article.
At the same time, they are are sensitive, emotional and not afraid to nurture and emote.
It is comforting to have such men in your life.
Just bullsxix.
Is it just me, or was there also a specific anti white male undertone going on as well as the SJW toxic masculinity screed? All men are bad, but the nice black man stops the evil white man from being inappropriate to women.
Gillette cannot go broke fast enough for me. No P/G products at all. You don’t go to war with you customer base by taking sides in a culture war. They can virtue signal themselves all the way to bankruptcy.
How many sat there knowing it would be a PR disaster
I have often thought about this. Ad Agencies are infested with Radical Feminists and Poofters. So they they come with this BS. But the company signs off on this stuff. So while they are terrified of the left they obviously dont care what we think at all. So why is that?
Every man who uses Gillette should switch to Harrys men’s razors, blades and shave cream: https://www.harrys.com/en/us/products
I switched years ago, and I lovem!
How many sat there knowing it would be a PR disaster, but were afraid to say a word against it, it could mean the end of their careers?
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This reminds me of the Smith & Wesson fiasco under the Clinton administration when S&W agreed to a gun grabbing contract in restraint of trade that would have forced all firearm manufacturers into a giant anti-consumer and anti-Second Amendment cartel. It set off a massive boycott of S&W that bankrupted it. May the same thing happen to Gillette.
If enough government employees are laid off, brand name sales will go down.
Is it because they know whites are inherently docile, maybe even somewhat cowardly? Is that why drafts were instated and tremendous propaganda campaigns waged during the Civil war, along with both WWI & WWII, in order to coerce reluctant citizens to actually participate? Is that why whites rationalize that they have jobs to go to, when in actuality they simply actively avoid protests & conflict?
I honestly believe there is not a single case in history where a people have literally allowed their land to be invaded and their culture, language, laws, economy and systems of government to be relinquished without a fight.
For anyone with a clue, the threats facing this republic will not be corrected through passive means. Trump has the power and the historical opportunity to change the course of events. But as we are all discovering, he never intended to really change anything; rather, it was the final chapter of an attention seeking egoist.
But Gillette has chosen the wrong way to deliver it and it will turn off a whole lot of customers. If they were going to do this...they should have thought it through and had a boat load of more meetings.
Absolute idiocy. You NEVER pull this political crap that can knock out “half” your base (conserv vs lib), but this is REALLY over the top ... the demographic is MALE and these people just called them wusses. I’m not big on “protests” ... but I’ll be darned if I’ll ever buy another Gillette blade. Wow, too many great alternatives right now.
I believe this is being pushed by the GOP to lay a foundation for a Romney campaign.
Gillette needs to take their case to that group.
Meanwhile, Macys, Target, Kelloggs, J.C. Penney, Dicks, ESPN, The NFL, and many other Corporations which insist upon intruding into the Court Of Public Opinion, are getting trashed.
What is wrong with these people?
“Yep... liberals want to change men into pussies because they cant handle men.”
It’s to make it easier for muzzies to take over.
“Yep... liberals want to change men into pussies because they cant handle men.”
I think it’s to make it easier for muzzies to take over.
this is Robert Krafts way of saying that Tom Brady is a wuss
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