askreddit feminists crawling all over this thread about dumb dudes in commercials

BinaryShadow · 2010-12-08T03:46:36+00:00

After doing a quick survey, it looks like a pretty mixed bag. You have people shaming men and almost offended at the fact that MEN could be offended about sexism. I mean...MEN!

One comment really got me thinking though. To paraphrase, he said "Ok us adults can take the hit, but what about the young boys? There's studies out there showing that boys are losing confidence in themselves. Television commercials proving this to them (or given them the idea in the first place) isn't helping at all."

That's the real issue. The youngin's. There's PLENTY of positive female roles in kid's TV shows but not nearly enough of the male equivalents. I'm not talking about Prince Charming or Alladin, but what about just the regular Donnie Darkos (minus the insanity time-travel stuff)? The boy with the +10 intelligence boost like 99% of all female teenagers on sitcoms? Remember Doogie Howser MD? Where the fuck is stuff like that these days?

Should I help bring a male child into this world, I've always pondered the idea of a TV-less household. Or at least a TV without any cable. Internet and video games are okay if controlled properly (8 hours/day on WoW probably isn't the best thing for a kid for example). I'm 28 so I am no expert on the matter, obviously.

aetheralloy · 2010-12-07T18:45:21+00:00

They are using the old technique of "sexism against men can only be solved by feminists, who have done nothing at all to stop it"

Basically how it works is:

Man sees something blatantly sexist - "I hate how men in sitcoms portrayed as buffoons only their wife can save."
Feminist jumps in with - "That's the patriarchy! If you want to fight against that, support feminists!"
Men objects with "No, that's not patriarchy. It is pandering to women to sell ratings and products. It is taking advantage of women's increasingly one-sided control of marriage and money."
Feminists step off the deep end - "Everything bad in the world is patriarchy though! Only feminism can save you from everything!"
The final step - Feminists do nothing except object when it is women portrayed badly.

The technique is really simple in the end - blame everything on patriarchy, then portray feminism as the solution, then do nothing unless it is sexism against women.

Title	askreddit feminists crawling all over this thread about dumb dudes in commercials
Author	supercraptacular
Upvotes	4
Comments	13
Date	December 7, 2010 6:38 PM UTC (15 years ago)
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