So I was reading the New York Times this morning and found out that "Men Are Becoming the Ad Target of the Gender Sneer" (http://nytimes.com/2005/01/28/business/media/28adco.html). It seems that there are guys out there (and some women too!) who are extremely offended that men are being portayed as nincompoops in a variety of ads. Suggestions that men are ill-equipped to cope with children and household when Mommy-Wife is ill, that they ogle and are rendered dumb by the sight of an attractive gal, and so forth.
Well, what's wrong with that?! I think stereotypes exist for a reason. There really are super-faggy fags, super-dykey dykes, super-dumb blondes, super-brainy brunettes, and high-pitched chirping chihuahuas. So what?
I read thru some of the stuff on http://www.mensactivism.org/, and there's some prattle about their being accused of being Overly Sensitive. Hmmmm. I say, judge for yourself a little :
|  mens_issues writes "Toys "R" Us has an anti-boy commercial on TV showing two boys exiting their bedroom at the same time. They get stuck in the door and are apparently too stupid to figure out how to solve the problem. Their sister condescendingly says "Maybe next year boys," while reading a Toys "R" Us catalog. She goes into her bedroom and closes the door, which has a sign saying "Girls Rule, Boys Drool." |
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For the love of God, people, get it together! Aren't there at least a few things more worthy of worry and discussion and "action"?
Perhaps I'm just cold, unfeeling, and guilty of misandry (a new word I learned today. Thanks guys!).
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