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Thanks for that article. It's time that we said enough is enough regarding anti-male advertizing.
Steve
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Good one, NM. It would be helpful if we could keep a database of offensive ads - make it easier to show people what we mean by giving them a concentrated dose of it - but I dunno how one would do that. The article brings out the basic situation pretty well. Good job. Thanks
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Very nice article, Nightmist. It frustrates me that you can't get it printed in a major newspaper or magazine, because this message needs to be heard by more people. "Enough is enough" is right.
Scott
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Very nice article, Nightmist. It frustrates me that you can't get it printed in a major newspaper or magazine, because this message needs to be heard by more people. "Enough is enough" is right.
Thanks, Scott. It frustrates me, too. But, hey, if there are any newspaper folks reading this thread (other than my employer, of course), this article is up for reprint!!! :-) Contact me at nightmist@mensactivism.org
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Good article, Nightmist. I wonder if you'd stand a better chance of getting it printed in a major newspaper or magazine if you used a female pseudonym.
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It's very interesting that you can't get this excellent piece printed in mainstream media, but it underscores a point I've been repeating for some time; i.e., that it's no accident that the rise of interest in the men's movement coincides with the continued development of the internet. The internet appears not just to be an available alternative medium in which men's issues can have a voice, but it appears to be conducive to and to have played a role in the development of the men's movement, as opposed to mainstream media, which tends to be ideologically feminist--if the difficulty getting this article published is any indication.
It really is time to let advertisers and purveyors of misandry know that what they have to offer isn't worth their anti-male bigotry. There is no moral difference in my mind between misandry (or misogyny) and racism.
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Excellent column Nightmist. Well written, informative, and tells a good story. I'm going to be thinking of places to help you get it out there. Thanks for your good work that supports men and boys.
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Good work, Nightmist. I had not even seen that commercial you described, nor do I feel any desire to.
I'm glad you alluded to common decency in the article. To me, being in a "politically correct" demographic group means, simply, that the media gives members of that group the benefit of the doubt in observing (or ignoring) their individual human failings, and does not assume or imply that there is anything inherently wrong or ridiculous about the nature of what sets that entire group apart from others.
Male bashing is the byproduct of a system of granting virtually every demographic group except males the proverbial "benefit of the doubt", and that's what's infuriating to me about it.
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Great article, Nightmist! It was a pleasure to read, and I'm glad that ifeminists.com, at least, will publish it.
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by Anonymous User on Thursday December 13, @12:27PM EST (#10)
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Just a quick point of clarification - Warren Farrell is not, nor has ever been, a psychologist. His PhD is in political science.
Pradeep Ramanathan
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Just a quick point of clarification - Warren Farrell is not, nor has ever been, a psychologist. His PhD is in political science.
Hmmm. I know I've read him referred to as a psychologist before. Nevertheless, I have changed that reference to "student of relationships between men and women," because he is, at least, that.
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