Lifetime TV: Television for Women (who like watching indoctrinating crap)

Just a few observations about Lifetime TV | 11/23/01 | StarfireIV

[StarfireIV]

Greetings friends, freepers, and right minded thinkers:
Since moving to the West Coast, I have had the distinct pleasure of having access to TV much more than in previous years. This is thanks to my roomate.
Unfortunately, however I seem to be somewhat dismayed at the content of some channels. Make no mistake, The History Channel feeds my love for the culture of ancient Egypt on a daily basis, and some of what gets presented with regards to US history finds its way to my classroom each and every day.
Lifetime, is another matter entirely. It seems every day this channel is presenting material programmed toward the ridicule, criticism, and outright demonization of the male and corporate culture, either simultaneously in some programs, or consecutively in others. A corucopia of "based on true" stories depicting the ugly side of masculinity, corporate abuse, and feminine victimhood seems to fill the roster of programming of this channel on a daily basis. This happens with a frequency and intensity too pronounced to be simply shrugged off or ignored. I am of the opinion that when presented with such distortions and generalizations on a regular basis, even the most steadfast among us may begin to be affected by such garbage.

[muggs]

My mom watches Lifetime all the time. Sometimes I think they sent me home from the hospital with the wrong family.

[riley1992]

ROTFL. God made Lifetime to punish men and intelligent women.

[muggs]

Ain't that the truth!

[riley1992]

No offense intended to your mom, obviously.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Don't worry girl, I watch or record all three hours of Designing Women from Lifetime every day. I need my daily dose of the Sugarbakers.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Oh sure, Freeper TV.

24 hours of X Files, Star Trek and Simpsons.

[freekitty]

Should I say this? My husband says it's "The Kick the Men in the B..... channel". So he goes and watches some awful man's channel with a lot of westerns just to irritate me. I love him anyway.

[Ordie 1]

I would have to say that I agree since I am typing this and watching what looks like a good movie on Lifetime right now. They do have a tendancy to show men in our most primal state!! I think women like that! Tin foil hat on:)

[freekitty]

You, of course, realize I am watching Lifetime channel while writing this. Don't know the name of the movie; but just as you say, they are all the same.

[driftless]

The man as a dolt has been a fixture on tv since the feminist movement startment. I've been watching these commercials in between sporting events ( the only major network tv I watch), and the husband or man is usually portrayed as big doofus with an iq in single digits and an unquenchable thirst for man-type products. The question you have to ask is why the woman, who is portrayed as an all-wise all-knowing real head of the family, would marry such a moron?

[rintense]

OOOH! Give me the details please! As a Xena fan among many Republican fans on a Xena forum, I'm sure they'd all be interested to read about the details! Freep mail me with more info.

[driftless]

The History Channel just had an excellent series on the Revolutionary War several months ago.

[Fred25]

Hey, I love this recent picture from Afghanistan...

[driftless]

Perfect antidote: THE MAN SHOW!!! ( on Comedy Central)

[LisaFab]

The History Channel just had an excellent series on the Revolutionary War several months ago.

You're right...I was surprised with the content.

[angcat]

Her Final Fury meridith baxter was excellent in this she is a good actress (except she probably is a democrap). When my husband sees me watching lifetime he gets nervous..........hehehehe

[angcat]

hehehehe peter strauss yum yum..................rich man poor man.............

[lds23]

There seems to be a hierarchy in TV advertising, too. Notice the only person who can out-do or out-think or out-cool a black man is a white woman. Black women trump all in terms of knowing the right product. White guys are nerds, silly, off-beat, gay, or fumferrers, if they're not violent, evil, abusive, drunk, or stoned.

[geege]

So in other words if the husband dosen't hit back the wife then he's a wimp????? The reason why he didn't hit her back is because he watched his father beat the crap out of his mother when he was growing up.....