Posted on 01/05/2017 2:30:30 PM PST by iowamark
"One of the distinctive marks of films and television programs the last couple of decades has been the Homer Simpsonization of men. This has led to a Nietzschean over reaction, by which female power has to be asserted over and against males. That this savage contrast is having an effect especially on younger men is becoming increasingly apparent."
Except that it has now been so long (mid-70's) since this portrayal was the norm that it is completely irrelevant to any current discussion of the topic.
You go gril!
Just google MGTOW (Men going their own way) and you will see how so many guys are giving up on women. They may or may not date and do casual sex, but they won’t commit to to women or share their resources with them.
The toxic culture mentioned in this article is real and has quite an impact on the young guys. In short, many guys don’t assume women need protecting. They’ve been told their whole lives how capable such women are.
Apart from the ludicrous premise that Black Widow can hold her own against physically-superlative males (enemy soldiers etc) in a hand-to-hand melee, the Marvel Universe has mostly avoided this. Female characters aren’t domineering, and the male leads are not in the least incompetent or bumbling. Indeed, the two “superhero” females are both somewhat damaged (Black Widow is a former assassin with a very questionable past, and Scarlet Witch is right on the edge of crazy and has to be talked down from the ledge by male characters a couple of times).
I’m sure it is having an effect on young men but it hasn’t reached Staten Island yet :)
As for Ray Romano, unless you have an Italian mother, you CAN’T know how real that character is.
And Al Bundy started “NO MA’AM!” He’s an American icon :)
On a serious note, the danger lies in women (I’ve seen it in Manhattan MANY times) taking some “cardio” boxing or a few karate classes or whatever and thinking they can fend off a man who becomes overly aggressive when they are alone.
That leads to a lot of one night stands ending badly and a bunch of women walking alone to their cars that are blocks away from bars, ending badly.
OF COURSE these men are animals and wrong, but THEY EXIST. Living in reality is a good thing.
I grew up with Father Knows Best, Leave it to Beaver and The Donna Reed Show, where the dad was the wise head of the family. I recognized this trend of male bashing a few decades ago. My only child is a white male and I was damn sure I wasn’t going to let him be sucked into the Lib mindset that men (particularly WHITE men) are stupid, selfish, insensitive and only out for themselves. He is now a successful adult with a family of his own. I hope many more moms awaken and build up their young sons instead of destroying them with the Lib mindset.
I agree totally with the premise of the story but the Bundys are not a good example.
Sure Al is an idiot but Peg is worse in most ways. Also the daughter is an idiot and the son is smart.
“Just google MGTOW (Men going their own way) and you will see how so many guys are giving up on women. They may or may not date and do casual sex, but they won’t commit to to women or share their resources with them.”
There’s a term for these males: boys.
Pathetic and as damaging as Democrats.
Married with children was a good show. Al Bundy was the only sane and competent character on that show.
The dolt father model really took off with Norman Lear’s set up of Archie Bunker aimed straight at the blue collar male worker supporting his family of nit wits and an ingrate lineral leech of a son in law.
So glad you posted that.
Grils NEVER get fair representation in this controversy.
GRIL POWER!
Shep Smith was on a mascara rant about Trump today. I thought, “You go girl!”
And that's the problem. Almost everyone who complains about the shows and the commercials and the "feminization" of fill-in-the-blank makes no changes in his consumption habits.
There are a lot of American men who like women, but don’t like American women. This article explains why.
The Bishop misses a key point. A culture that continues to produce 40% or more of it’s children born out of wedlock will fail.
Grillin’ is a man’s job.
I agree.
Why the attitude pal? What’s it to you?
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