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Actually, that's not what this thread's about. But it sure as hell got you here up front and center with the pitchforks, didn't it?
Instead, let's talk about female entitlement, shall we?
Okay WTF what the hell is this boy talking about!!! LOL
I'll tell you what I'm talking about... I'm talking about the Prince Charming that heterosexual women are told they deserve just for being female.
You know the trope. There's the frumpy, dumpy little girl sitting in the dark corner of the house with her mop and bucket, stuck with all the chores. Suddenly WHAMMO!!! the rich/handsome/warrior prince comes and sweep her off her feet. If only she holds out and rejects all the losers - that is to say, all men whose status in life is lesser or similar to hers - at some point she will get romanced and swept off her feet by some rich or handsome guy on a white horse, or some big bad assed warrior. Why else do girls dream of elaborate white weddings and all that nonsense? It's the Cinderella entitlement in effect.
This is the heart and soul of the romance novel industry. Stick to the formula - the downtrodden woman eventually gets swept off her feet by the handsome prince - and you will have great success. 50 Shades of Grey, anyone? Sure, you can slap a few not-so-handsome scars on them like JR Ward did her gang of badass vampire boys in Black Dagger Brotherhood, but they're still uber alpha males / pack leaders - handsome princes (almost literally vampire princes) but with scars, and they still sweep the womenfolk off their feet. There are, of course, outliers like the TV series Chuck, but that's not getting much mileage with women. Put Chuck himself up against Thor and see who has the most female fans. Try that even among feminists. Oh and speaking of Thor, Natalie Portman's character exemplifies the Prince Charming entitlement mentality. (Who the fuck drugged the lady who played Princess Leia's ultra scrappy Queen/Senator-by-day-freedom-fighter-by-night and made her sign up for that weak assed role?) More than likely, Chuck would even lose in a popularity contest with that scheming he-diva Loki.
This sense of entitlement is evident all over the place. Jobless and poor women don't mind dating men, but don't be a jobless man, she won't want you. Even rich women won't date down. And career women, even into their 30s and 40s, believe they are entitled to Prince Charming, even though Prince Charming won't typically touch women like that with a 39 and a half foot pole.
So why doesn't the nice girl get the handsome/rich/warrior prince in the end? Simple - because only a small percentage of men ever reach that level of success. Around their 30s, women start realizing that they can't always get what they want. And so they admit defeat and settle for one of the other 80% of men - you know, that 80% that women find to be below average in attractiveness.
Some of the unhappiest women in the world are the ones who wind up giving up their dream of the handsome, rich warrior prince and facing the reality that those men are in far too limited supply. They're the ones who wind up settling for one of the other 80% of men. And their marriages are rarely ever happy because of it. Sure, they say out loud that they're glad they're with their man, but have you looked at what romance books they're reading? Hint: not many are lookin' for the next Chuck.
This isn't to say that men who settle for the lower 80% of women aren't disappointed that they didn't score Miss (this sector of the) Universe. After all, a recent bunch of miscreant Pickup Artists went on a shaming campaign against fat women which, for the week that it ran, nearly rivaled the daily shaming war that women wage on most men. Guys certainly know how to pick on women they think are "the lower 80%" and there are some men out there who think they deserve the top women. But we as a society have already scolded men about this, repeatedly. Remember "Shallow Hal"?
Nobody dares talk about women's sense of entitlement. Because unlike with men, doing it to women is misogyny.
Equal rights, gotta love it.
Instead, let's talk about female entitlement, shall we?
Okay WTF what the hell is this boy talking about!!! LOL
I'll tell you what I'm talking about... I'm talking about the Prince Charming that heterosexual women are told they deserve just for being female.
You know the trope. There's the frumpy, dumpy little girl sitting in the dark corner of the house with her mop and bucket, stuck with all the chores. Suddenly WHAMMO!!! the rich/handsome/warrior prince comes and sweep her off her feet. If only she holds out and rejects all the losers - that is to say, all men whose status in life is lesser or similar to hers - at some point she will get romanced and swept off her feet by some rich or handsome guy on a white horse, or some big bad assed warrior. Why else do girls dream of elaborate white weddings and all that nonsense? It's the Cinderella entitlement in effect.
This is the heart and soul of the romance novel industry. Stick to the formula - the downtrodden woman eventually gets swept off her feet by the handsome prince - and you will have great success. 50 Shades of Grey, anyone? Sure, you can slap a few not-so-handsome scars on them like JR Ward did her gang of badass vampire boys in Black Dagger Brotherhood, but they're still uber alpha males / pack leaders - handsome princes (almost literally vampire princes) but with scars, and they still sweep the womenfolk off their feet. There are, of course, outliers like the TV series Chuck, but that's not getting much mileage with women. Put Chuck himself up against Thor and see who has the most female fans. Try that even among feminists. Oh and speaking of Thor, Natalie Portman's character exemplifies the Prince Charming entitlement mentality. (Who the fuck drugged the lady who played Princess Leia's ultra scrappy Queen/Senator-by-day-freedom-fighter-by-night and made her sign up for that weak assed role?) More than likely, Chuck would even lose in a popularity contest with that scheming he-diva Loki.
This sense of entitlement is evident all over the place. Jobless and poor women don't mind dating men, but don't be a jobless man, she won't want you. Even rich women won't date down. And career women, even into their 30s and 40s, believe they are entitled to Prince Charming, even though Prince Charming won't typically touch women like that with a 39 and a half foot pole.
So why doesn't the nice girl get the handsome/rich/warrior prince in the end? Simple - because only a small percentage of men ever reach that level of success. Around their 30s, women start realizing that they can't always get what they want. And so they admit defeat and settle for one of the other 80% of men - you know, that 80% that women find to be below average in attractiveness.
Some of the unhappiest women in the world are the ones who wind up giving up their dream of the handsome, rich warrior prince and facing the reality that those men are in far too limited supply. They're the ones who wind up settling for one of the other 80% of men. And their marriages are rarely ever happy because of it. Sure, they say out loud that they're glad they're with their man, but have you looked at what romance books they're reading? Hint: not many are lookin' for the next Chuck.
This isn't to say that men who settle for the lower 80% of women aren't disappointed that they didn't score Miss (this sector of the) Universe. After all, a recent bunch of miscreant Pickup Artists went on a shaming campaign against fat women which, for the week that it ran, nearly rivaled the daily shaming war that women wage on most men. Guys certainly know how to pick on women they think are "the lower 80%" and there are some men out there who think they deserve the top women. But we as a society have already scolded men about this, repeatedly. Remember "Shallow Hal"?
Nobody dares talk about women's sense of entitlement. Because unlike with men, doing it to women is misogyny.
Equal rights, gotta love it.
