UK: Why must every man on TV today be a monster? A tidal wave of male-hating shows depicts women as victims, this toxic sex war hurts us all

Ok-Efficiency1842 · 2021-11-17T00:58:13+00:00

I'm shocked that was ever written. It won't gain any traction and nothing will change but it's still nice to see someone calling out the blatant misandry in pop culture.

Raychao · 2021-11-17T01:37:29+00:00

I've been wondering who the actors are too.. Imagine being cast as 'you are going to be this horrible monster hiding in plain sight.. The narrative is going to constantly be reminding the audience that you are at worst a bad guy and at best a person who is conflicted and takes that conflict out on your family in horrible ways..'

Great way for the audience to unwind after work!

DekajaSukunda · 2021-11-17T01:10:12+00:00

Detox yourselves from anglosaxon media. Especially American media. The internet has made this easier than ever.

What I detest about American media nowadays is it's patronizing tone when it adresses any issue. They are almost always trying to push an agenda on you or change your mind about something, in a very obviously politicized (dare I say, partisan?) manner. Pop culture used to avoid being too obviously political, now they made it trendy.

I feel like movies and series from other countries are usually much better at telling you a story and letting the story speak for itself. Draw your own conclusions.

Anyway. I think adressing how men are portrayed in the media is important and an interesting discussion to have. But let's also not forget watching these dumb shows and movies is optional, and now more than ever before, people are spoiled with endless other options for entertainment.

Ok_Research219 · 2021-11-17T00:55:54+00:00

Show me the remake of the movie Misery. I doubt that’ll happen.

mistralol · 2021-11-17T01:53:07+00:00

I actually stopped watching most shows, films, tv series etc.. about 2 years ago. Don't have a TV signal in the house (havn't for 10 years). Current don't have any subscription services.

Why? Very simple I got board of the same plot lines with the same twists and pretty much the same cast trying to be something they are not.

You look at modern shows now and you can just see that they are pushing diversity and massivly sacrificing quality in the process.

It really comes down to a mentaity like this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35XunecP_sg&t=200s

Where she says men should go and see movies she had made failing to realize that the movies she makes are fucking shite.

Notice this a long time ago about 20+ years. The drama's at the time just turned into people screaming at each other in a lot of the TV series. Also realized this was then leaking into modern male / female releationships at the time as well. So if you have ever wondered why some people are constantly fighting in releationships its because they took their example from the TV as children/teenagers and thats how they percived/learned how "differences should be resolved"

Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2h3INkHWDQ

Another: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5isy3qkxro

sgt_oddball_17 · 2021-11-17T01:14:00+00:00

Until women fight back on behalf of their husbands and sons, no progress will be made.

Men can't respond properly to Feminists, because "be nice to the girl" is a double-standard Feminists successfully hide behind . . . and the Wives and Moms keep silent, only getting involve when their son is the latest victim of a false accusation.

orcwordlaugh · 2021-11-17T04:04:10+00:00

Netflix's new release Red Notice, besides being mediocre in general, makes a point of telling the audience how everything wrong with the two male leads is because they had bad fathers.

You could turn that into a point about children needing present and caring fathers, but it didn't come off that way.

hifi3xx · 2021-11-17T03:52:14+00:00

What pisses me off about this article is it still spins it in a way to make it a female issue

DaLordOfDarkness · 2021-11-17T02:46:37+00:00

I always think that fictions always love to have abusive father and husband while barely any mother and wife characters that are like that, I never understand why.

Also, this is something that all types of fictions and medias love to have, not just stupid woke TV shows.

Slap-A-Chav · 2021-11-17T04:39:47+00:00

Have you seen the new Charlie's Angels? Every man was written as a bad guy, bar one and every woman was portrayed as a heroine.

Do you know why? Because Elizabeth Banks is a feminist.

TheSilverShade · 2021-11-17T01:29:43+00:00

Coming from the daily mail too. That's a surprise

Kaylarmagic · 2021-11-17T01:10:52+00:00

Yeah, I've noticed it and getting tired of that narrative.

nyarlathotep999 · 2021-11-17T12:35:32+00:00

Simple solution: boycott TV. Read a book.

Welder1919 · 2021-11-17T02:07:15+00:00

This is why I stick to older movies and TV shows.

Some personal favorites of mine are Castle, NCIS, any John Wayne movie, Gran Torino

graffitol · 2021-11-17T08:31:56+00:00

I watched the newly released film ‘hustlers’ on Netflix last night. Based on a true story it is about a group of women who drug and steal from male strip club clients. There are constant justifications for their actions and the male victims are represented as sleazy and despicable, they are objects of ridicule. Either evil or weak while the female criminals are presented as heroic and virtuous.

slipkid223 · 2021-11-17T03:06:32+00:00

Culture is Blue Pill, Women will always be victims and will never be held accountable for anything.

This will never change. Time to live outside the Matrix gents.

StudentOfTheTruth0 · 2021-11-17T07:28:11+00:00

She criticizes misandry but says it is important to "call out" "toxic masculinity".

Yeah, right. Last thing men need is "defenders" like this. What a joke.

shortman162cm · 2021-11-17T02:38:40+00:00

because the media film industries have all been infiltrated by crazy feminists

ithinkoutloudtoo · 2021-11-17T06:57:46+00:00

They are trying to condition people into believing a certain way about men and women.

Ownedby4Labs · 2021-11-17T03:26:22+00:00

This is why I cancelled TV 5 years ago and never looked back. It’s an absolute toxin filled cesspool. Best thing you can do is STOP WATCHING. The production companies live and die by the ratings. Doesn’t matter how woke they are, if they all of a sudden start losing revenue in a big way, it’ll change. Fast.

auMatech · 2021-11-17T06:43:36+00:00

It's become less about compelling storytelling and more about reinforcing a certain political agenda.

Just look at how many people believe that the handmaid's tale is actually based on facts, or refuse to acknowledge that it's fiction...

iamasadsadcrayon · 2021-11-17T18:14:36+00:00

Would you like to see more horror movies where a woman is the serial killer, or movies where a woman is a psychopath who prey on men who mind their business?

thegoodearthquake · 2021-11-17T06:49:14+00:00

Left has destroyed everything and they are relentless. In the west its always against white men and conservative christians. In india its against men & hindus. All the movies and shows are like this. Even in movies and other media which are based on real stories, religion of characters is changed to continue the oppression narrative.

For those of us who notice its exhausting to keep on hearing about this.

To add on top of this every girl on dating apps is having some message about "care about this/care about that, men are a pigs"

They even ruined the oscars for me which i loved so much

Vanriel · 2021-11-17T07:45:04+00:00

I find it laughable that she says about the fear of women.

At the moment I would say men have more reason to fear women than at any other point in history, to my knowledge.

You have false rape accusations, the ability to have your career ripped apart by a single complaint (whether legitimate or not), divorce where you get taken to the cleaners and end up with nothing, paternity fraud, family court prejudice, inability to see your kids.

All of this boils down to a woman/women holding the power over the man.

Ticks me right off.

2021-11-17T12:31:34+00:00

Maybe because a larger portion of females sit around and watch television all the time?

Just a guess.

OkAccountant2598 · 2021-11-17T08:21:39+00:00

Hopefully it's a fad. I can't think of any Tv program that shows white men in a positive light. Problem is that the bandwagon effect happens, and people can blame any of their mistakes or inadequacies somehow on the white man. Look I was born in 73', I have never owned a slave, held a position with exorbitant power. I paid for college. I can't stand racial slurs. I don't understand why people take issue with Jews. I love Mexico. Lived there for a year. Yet for the 3rd time, in my life, I was walking down the street, and a stranger passed, and shouted, " I fucking hate you white people". In my face. 3rd time. I'll be honest. It brakes my heart. Not because I'm hurt by the comment; but just by how sad the whole picture is for everyone. We all know racism comes from ignorance. People don't care or take the time to read about cultures. Or travel anywhere. Twain said, " Travel is the enemy of bigotry and close-mindedness". (Paraphrase). If you want to see some hope for change, check out song reactions on YouTube. It's a small thing, but baby steps, you know. These are people who have only heard hip-hop, rap, maybe country. They listen to The Beatles and Hendrix and Led Zeppelin for the first time. Their minds are blown. They love it. A common reaction----they start crying. Crying to Pink Floyd. Crying to Steely Dan.? There is some much meaning in that. I don't know where to begin. What they are really doing-- They're saying, "I'm going to try and have a better understanding of another culture at the risk of not liking what I find" That's beautiful. Have you ever stopped, tried something totally different, AND made a YouTube show about it? Hope. Alot of people are willing to change.

yoitsericc · 2021-11-17T12:07:53+00:00

It's hard to feign credibility on this issue when the writer starts to article out admitting she has tons of feminist literature on her shelves.

This stuff was built on man hating. You can go back and see interviews from the 70s with women talking about how they are oppressed by men. I reject this narrative, but it persists to this day and feminists have only themselves to blame.

neveragoodtime · 2021-11-17T15:16:14+00:00

Yes, but women are most affected.

YouLookGoodInASmile · 2021-11-17T03:17:23+00:00

I like once upon a time, a lot of the villains man or women were redeemed or well.. killed
Rumple, both redeemed and dead
Evil queen, redeemed
Evil queen 2.0, redeemed
Evil henry (kid), redeemed
Wicked witch, redeemed
rumple 2.0, dead
Facilier, dead
Gothel, dead
Rapunzel, (kinda redeemed? Not really) and dead
drizella, redeemed
the first evil humans (both girls and boys, mostly girls) that hurt gothel, dead
Peter pan, dead
Nook (new hook), redeemed
Original hook, redeemed
Cora, dead (twice)
Hades, dead
Davids father, redeemed
peter pan minions, dead
gideon, died and redeemed (also got revived)
Black fairy, dead
Cruella, dead
Maleficent, died multiple times, redeemed
Ursula, redeemed
Davids "father", imprisoned (cant remember if hes dead)
Liam, dead then redeemed
Liam 2, redeemed

i cant remember anyone else

boringcarpets · 2021-11-17T06:51:13+00:00

I've literally had the same conversation - all TV on at the moment (main terrestrial) has some female victim/evil man storyline. It's so present and current more than ever. Every British drama right now has this trope

dr3adlock · 2021-11-17T10:38:01+00:00

It's also been a rising theme in kids films. All the main male characters are dumb as shit and super emotional and the females are all super smart and logical.

Seems like they are trying really hard to reverse the gender rolls played in kids films over the past decade when they should be levelling the playing field.

zenith_the_menith · 2021-11-17T11:07:23+00:00

Richard Pryor said it best....

If all of us are fighting each other we won't pay attention to the rich minority.

Who are the ones making this propaganda.

RingosTurdFace · 2021-11-17T15:28:30+00:00

You know things are bad when a 1960’s 2nd wave feminist who owns a copy of the SCUM manifesto is having to jump to the defence of men and who also faces a barrage of abuse online for doing so.

As an aside - I’ve cancelled my TV license (I’m in the UK) and my Netflix subscription. Don’t give these misandric cunts your money or ruin your mood by watching this mainstream hate.

Complete_Anything681 · 2021-11-17T17:32:27+00:00

Thank you. I once said this around here before. Outside of Superhero films, men in films, especially heterosexual white males, are constantly being depicted as psychologically broken or simply evil.

Busy-Ad5287 · 2021-11-17T15:21:16+00:00

They are either a monster or they are like a child. They are doing this to push the subject as if all men are stupid or evil. This is the reason why women are hating men more and more everyday.

Bootylove4185 · 2021-11-17T11:28:59+00:00

Shut up you Brats and stop victimizing yourselves!

If you don’t want to consume shitty media, then don’t! Simple as that.

Leave the emotional projection at the movie theatre for fucks sake

panda12694 · 2021-11-17T13:24:53+00:00

To be fair, in the show You, Love was the monster

bryoneill11 · 2021-11-17T13:31:22+00:00

The problem are the people still watching. Humans seems to lack self respect. I never would have thought that we as humans had zero integrity. We talk a lot very tough but never do anything and in fact, do the opposite that we said when the time comes. It's amazing and scary to witness how people can't stop watching movies and sports from the very same people who insults, mock and hates then with passion.

geriatricsoul · 2021-11-17T14:15:16+00:00

Stop watching this shit then. Look, people will make what they think sells. Just don't buy into it and put your energy into people who see through the bullshit too

OwlMantheHeckler · 2021-11-17T15:56:18+00:00

I understand completely

no_user_ID_found · 2021-11-17T18:41:35+00:00

Are there still men watching tv out there? 🤔

LongLiveDetroit · 2021-11-17T19:46:45+00:00

I don't really watch any new shows its almost all propaganda and the humor has gotten soft

Legitimate-Ad-6267 · 2021-11-17T20:00:05+00:00

A based SCUM feminist!? They were right. You do learn something new everyday.

Mens-Advocate · 2021-11-17T20:09:06+00:00

Authors Nathanson & Young analysed cultural misandry very thoroughly in their book, Spreading Misandry.

It is one of four books they have published about misandry:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=nathanson+young+misandry

Ren_Yi · 2021-11-17T21:32:15+00:00

TV and films today either shows a man as abusive, or as a fool in the shadow of his more successful and higher intelligent wife. Neither modern TV nor modern films have any positive male role models.

jadedlonewolf89 · 2021-11-18T01:34:15+00:00

Honestly I’m for foreign films, Japan, Russia, France, and England all seem to cover topics and problems American media absolutely won’t touch on and if Hollywood writes a script based off of a foreign film they ruin it by removing the serious subjects and replacing them with sex and explosions.

I still notice man hating and feminist bs propaganda but it’s not the sole focus in the stuff I enjoy.

No-Feedback7437 · 2021-11-17T05:43:10+00:00

You should watch some other kind tv shows I don't watch
Hardly ever do I watch TV Fox News and QAN news are great sources for media

MutantKeyboard · 2021-11-17T11:37:52+00:00

I wouldn't mind, but there is never a show where the male is the victim. The only one I can remember was Hollyoaks about 20 years ago!

Sun-Kizzed · 2021-11-18T00:05:45+00:00

Spoiler alert for a movie: I actually got second hand embarrassment and offended for many men who are accused of being dangerous while watching Last Night in Soho. It started off portraying women and only women looking vulnerable and innocent, but at the end, it was the woman at fault, but no one actually knew it. It took a very different turn than I ever thought it would. I was very surprised and I suggest you check it out. As much as men are portrayed as these dangerous and terrible creatures in films, I was taken aback by the ending for the first time in a long time.

Title	UK: Why must every man on TV today be a monster? A tidal wave of male-hating shows depicts women as victims, this toxic sex war hurts us all
Author	furchfur
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Date	November 17, 2021 12:47 AM UTC (4 years ago)
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