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http://www.forbes.com/2011/04/26/enough-with-the-male-bashing.html
Enough With The Male-Bashing
Leslie Knight, 04.26.11, 04:00 PM EDT
The feminist movement was about ending sexism and stereotypes. It was not about creating a new form of sexism.
Sexism is alive and well.
You're probably saying, "True, that!" You probably thought I was talking about anti-female sentiment. I'm not. I am talking about an ever-growing, almost pervasive anti-male sentiment. It began in the '60s and '70s with the feminist movement:
"I feel that 'man-hating' is an honorable and viable political act, that the oppressed have a right to class-hatred against the class that is oppressing them." --Robin Morgan, Ms. magazine editor.
"I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which man structurally does not have, does not have it because he cannot have it. He's just incapable of it." --Former Rep. Barbara Jordan
Unfortunately, it didn't end there.
Misandry can be seen today in the way men are portrayed in commercials, TV shows and the movies. The 1980 hit movie 9 to 5 depicted Franklin M. Hart (portrayed by Dabney Coleman) as a lying, sexist, unfaithful bigot. The Simpsons, American Dad and Everybody Loves Raymond, just to name a few, all portray men as inept, incapable, bumbling buffoons while the women appear to have their act together. PepsiCo's ( PEP - news - people ) entire 2011 Super Bowl campaign (see video here) seemed to have a misandric theme. Portray a woman in the same way and a network might not survive the hue and cry.
You might think this is just harmless fun. Is it? The harmless fun of our "entertainment" has made male-bashing an acceptable pasttime while female-bashing will earn any man an immediate rebuke.
So you think that's entertainment? OK. Try these:
On The Big Picture on April 12, 2011, Thom Hartman, while interviewing Carrie Lukas on the issue of the wage gap, declared that all men should lose their right to vote for the next decade, since mostly men (Margaret Thatcher being the exception) were responsible for the wars. Really? Punish them all?
Enough With The Male-Bashing
Leslie Knight, 04.26.11, 04:00 PM EDT
The feminist movement was about ending sexism and stereotypes. It was not about creating a new form of sexism.
Sexism is alive and well.
You're probably saying, "True, that!" You probably thought I was talking about anti-female sentiment. I'm not. I am talking about an ever-growing, almost pervasive anti-male sentiment. It began in the '60s and '70s with the feminist movement:
"I feel that 'man-hating' is an honorable and viable political act, that the oppressed have a right to class-hatred against the class that is oppressing them." --Robin Morgan, Ms. magazine editor.
"I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which man structurally does not have, does not have it because he cannot have it. He's just incapable of it." --Former Rep. Barbara Jordan
Unfortunately, it didn't end there.
Misandry can be seen today in the way men are portrayed in commercials, TV shows and the movies. The 1980 hit movie 9 to 5 depicted Franklin M. Hart (portrayed by Dabney Coleman) as a lying, sexist, unfaithful bigot. The Simpsons, American Dad and Everybody Loves Raymond, just to name a few, all portray men as inept, incapable, bumbling buffoons while the women appear to have their act together. PepsiCo's ( PEP - news - people ) entire 2011 Super Bowl campaign (see video here) seemed to have a misandric theme. Portray a woman in the same way and a network might not survive the hue and cry.
You might think this is just harmless fun. Is it? The harmless fun of our "entertainment" has made male-bashing an acceptable pasttime while female-bashing will earn any man an immediate rebuke.
So you think that's entertainment? OK. Try these:
On The Big Picture on April 12, 2011, Thom Hartman, while interviewing Carrie Lukas on the issue of the wage gap, declared that all men should lose their right to vote for the next decade, since mostly men (Margaret Thatcher being the exception) were responsible for the wars. Really? Punish them all?
