It's stuff like this that bothers me.

5eraph · 2012-09-25T15:13:59+00:00

To be fair... this is the female equivalent.

They're two graphics that play on gender stereotypes. Both are damaging, but really... when they are put side-by-side and both obviously done in jest, I don't think it's a big deal.

I think it's important to mend the disproportionate and lopsided negative view of men in society. However, jokes are important to, which is exactly what this is. Most importantly, it's an equal joke with a female counterpoint.

ImTotallyNotYourMom · 2012-09-25T16:22:08+00:00

Boo-fucking-hoo. It's a joke and not to be taken seriously.

yllw · 2012-09-25T15:27:30+00:00

I came to the realization that stuff like this works in my favour so I abandoned the idea of defending it long ago.

If people constantly set the expectation that men act or think a certain way, I know am smart enough to rise above that and in doing so will exceed any expectations polluted by stereotypical views like this.

It also provides the perfect excuse to justify stereotypical behaviour as well. If someone catches you misbehaving, you can always play dumb. "what do you expect? I'm a man".

Win-Win in my opinion...

2012-09-25T17:44:35+00:00

dude if you think that someone really thinks that, than you deserve to live in a life of perpetual anger. It's a joke, shitty joke, but a joke and "5eraph" even put up the female version of this. Lighten up.

Now the day this is used in a court to prove something about men... then I'll join you in your crusade. Until then, Why so serious?

lord_skittles · 2012-09-26T00:22:23+00:00

It's terrible because it should not have persisted after the 90s.

grantmoore3d · 2012-09-25T17:59:55+00:00

Perhaps you need to do some research on humour and it's place in society.

alphabetpal · 2012-09-25T18:17:47+00:00

It's people who are bothered by stuff like this that bothers me. It's a joke. It's funny. Inability to take a joke or recognize humor is my #1 complaint about feminism.

The real irony behind your thin skin is that the woman who put this together probably really loves men, and finds all this sort of endearing. It's the humorless harpies that want us all put in jail for glancing at their cleavage.

IPGDVFT · 2012-09-25T18:22:30+00:00

I think they did the crotch scratching area fairly accurately.

Dranosh · 2012-09-25T15:13:45+00:00

Im so glad that we have women to teach us how to be civilized, I mean where would we be without a woman there to develop the combustible engine, the telescope, the computer, ac and dc power, nuclear fusion etc. etc.

jackfreeman · 2012-09-25T20:17:11+00:00

Am I alone in thinking 'meh'?

2012-09-25T23:48:05+00:00

"Ability to drive a manual transmission"

They're better, dammit.

2012-09-25T23:57:02+00:00

Lol ball sports

Imissyourgirlfriend2 · 2012-09-26T04:19:51+00:00

Ever see the mags at check outs? All the magazines for women have sex plastered all over them, "Sleep naked, feel sexier", "213 Ways to turn him on", "Finding HIS G-Spot". Men may think about sex all the time, but women OBSESS over it.

misclanous · 2012-09-26T06:11:29+00:00

At least "Desire to Rape" isn't one of the sections.

2012-09-26T09:21:05+00:00

So.. women don't know how to drive manual transmissions and are only good for ironing and "domestic skills"? This type of stuff harms women as much as it does men by further creating unequality. That type of stuff isn't something men or women should know, it's something people should know. Hell it's becoming commonplace for men to be the cooks in the relationship as much as it is for the women.

randallfromnb · 2012-09-25T15:08:21+00:00

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PeterArching · 2012-09-25T14:52:59+00:00

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2012-09-25T18:35:56+00:00

I hate sports, I can't drive, I have not turned the television on in two years, I have a large attention span, listening is one of my specialties. I hate making excuses, and I man up to my mistakes when I make them. Well I do like sex, I am not addicted to it.

I under if you put the men's and female's brain it's just a parody.. However, some women actually perceive men's thinking this way. And thinking the general men's persona as this way. But this is a tiny faction who are like this. And irrational at that.

The ironic part is, it is irrational and compulsive to make such broad stroke of generalization. They are essentially stereotyping themselves.

modern_quill · 2012-09-25T19:10:17+00:00

Wait just a damn minute! The ability to drive manual transmission cortex of my brain never developed! :(

Title	It's stuff like this that bothers me.
Author	DarthGamer
Upvotes	223
Comments	53
Date	September 25, 2012 2:47 PM UTC (13 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/10g9ip/its_stuff_like_this_that_bothers_me/
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