Margaret Warren wrote: > Hi Mary and Lu, > > In fact, as I've posted here before about this - a long time ago - > I mentioned that some should try watching TV sometime with the express > interest in paying attention to how socially acceptable it is for women > to 'put down' men as being 'stupid' and even ok for women to slap, punch or > pinch men...but NOT ok for a man to do anything even remotely similar - > even > in commercials. In fact, it's actually considered cute and funny (with > laugh > track)
Hi Margaret, This media portrayal of "stupid masculinity" has long been a pet peeve of mine, too. So many commercials, on TV and radio, not to mention the shows, denigrate the masculine at every turn. And the women who stay with these stupid men? Where is their share of the blame ever pointed out? Lu Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
