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by Anonymous User on 01:25 PM September 19th, 2005 EST (#1)
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I noticed in one of the cliches pointed out that it's "okay to stereotype Eskimos".
Oh how true that is. Actually with rare exceptions it is okay to stereotype and American Indians. (Oh, and by the way the "Eskimos" HATE to be called "Eskimos". They are called Inuits.)
Anyway with that little rant out of the way, I really wish there were more men here in the U.S. that would get this fired up over the lousy portrayals of men in advertising (and all other aspects of the media, for that matter.)
Men here just seem to do what the feminists suggest, and that is of course; "Shut up and take it like a man."
I think when men in the U.S. get as fed up as the men in the U.K. we may begin to see drastic changes, not only in the way men are portrayed in the media but how we are treated in every day life, as well.
Here's hoping.
Thundercloud.
"Hoka hey!"
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by Anonymous User on 01:28 PM September 19th, 2005 EST (#2)
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Oops.
That should have been; "it is okay to stereotype ANY American Indians" not "AND American Indians".
Thundercloud.
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by Boy Genteel on 05:48 PM September 19th, 2005 EST (#5)
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Good observation with regard to Inuits, Thundercloud. And thanks for the heads-up, too. I had heard that "Eskimos" is an inaccurate/borderline offensive word, but you made things clearer. (I also, years ago, thought "Polack" was an ACCEPTABLE word for "Polish person.")
bg
Men are from EARTH. Women are from EARTH. Deal with it.
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by Anonymous User on 12:03 PM September 20th, 2005 EST (#6)
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I was pretty young when "Polack" jokes came out. I didn't know what "Polack" meant. I thought it was just a slang term for a stupid person.
Then I learned a close friend of mine was Polish. It was then I found out what a "Polack" was. I never told another "Polack" joke again, ever.
Also I should have clarified why the Inuit do not like to be called "Eskimos". The word Eskimo comes from (I think) the Tlingit tribe, and it means "Fat chewers" or something like that. I don't think I would want to be called that either. (Especially since I'm fat!)
Most Indian names that people know us by are names given by other tribes. For instance, we Cherokees are called "Cherokees", but we call our selves Ani-yun-wiya. (The principal people). We recently adopted the name "Cherokee" but we say it in our dialect as: "Tsalagi".
Just a little Indian trivia.
Thundercloud.
"Hoka hey!"
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by Tirryb on 02:14 PM September 19th, 2005 EST (#3)
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I agree Thundercloud.
For a while now I've been trying to drum up interest in a wide ranging survey of male/female stereotyping and treatment on tv.
What I've been thinking is we come up with a sliding scale of poor treatment in ads and tv - minor stereotyping (men are stupid) at one end, up to full blown violence at the other (guy getting kicked in the testicles).
Then, we monitor tv channels for a day or two, 24 hours. Ads, programs, kids tv, etc.
I'm pretty sure we'd find hundreds of examples of stereotyping and misandrist tv, dozens of hours of it per day. That kind of thing would make for some good press, as long as it was carefully and accurately measured...
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by Boy Genteel on 05:46 PM September 19th, 2005 EST (#4)
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This is an excellent idea.
bg
Men are from EARTH. Women are from EARTH. Deal with it.
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