Dr. Helen Smith is always on top of anti-men biases. She links to this portion of a article by Katrina Fernandez: "Like reverse sexism, this belittling of men seems to be 100 percent acceptable. It's even used as the tie that binds in building female relationships—commiserating over the "miserableness" of the male species. I understand it can be hard to make friends when meeting people for the first time, but making your husband the butt of jokes is not the way to endear yourself to me. It's not just insulting to your husband but to me as well, a single woman who would love to have a spouse to promise to honor and respect. It's like waving a steak in front of a starving person and proclaiming it tastes like garbage and tossing it to the floor."
Dr. Helen's blog is here: http://www.drhelen.blogspot.com/
Ms. Fernandez's post is here: http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/Shrews-Katrina-Fernandez-09-30-2011.html
2 comments:
I despise the current trend of putting anyone down but esp dads and husbands. It's in the ADs, the shows, etc. My dad is self sacrificing with a heart of gold under a gruff exterior as are most soldiers. It's a disgusting concept born out of the feminist movement I'm sorry to say.
It's funny - we look back at old advertisements that mocked women as stupid, or helpless. And we are awe-struck at how audacious that was. Yet it's totally accepted that people do the same thing to men now. The only difference is that men are, in general, good sports about it. God created the genders with strengths and weaknesses to complement (AND compliment!) each other. Why tear that down?
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