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To: HitmanNY
I disagree that it is a joke. It has been a constant demeaning of the male for at least the last 10-15 years. I'll guarantee you that if the depiction of African-Americans in ads were the same as the depiction of males, there would be almost universal outrage and outcry.

Of course, I suppose it is funny--and effective--if one thinks the only role of the American male is the liberal idea of a simple sperm machine and child-support ATM.

95 posted on 11/10/2004 10:38:42 AM PST by jammer
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To: jammer

I'm just not that sensitive to it, I admit. Nothing I see on tv bothers me very much.

For example, I am an american of italian descent and have never taken seriously the mock outrage of certain 'Italian-American' groups to programming like The Sopranos, or of media depictions of Italians. It's just a show, nothing more, nothing less.

Anyone who takes those depictions seriously, and really belives the depictions, does so at their own peril.

Women have always chuckled amongst themselves about the men in their lives, just as us men exhort 'women!' when we are befuddled by the unique feminine worldview. I take no offense at either.

Any woman who thinks all the men in their lives are a bunch of buffoons won't be nearly as effective in her life as those fictional women appear to be in those 30 second commercials. They do so at their own peril, as I have said.

Any man who harbors a similarly unflattering view of women does so at his own peril.

I let that stuff slide, though in the interests of full disclosure I confess that I have enjoyed being 'misunderestimated' even before Dubya made that 'shi-shi!' Indeed, it's a backhanded compliment - after all, how smart, effective, and competent can an idiot like me really be? ;-)


119 posted on 11/10/2004 11:10:06 AM PST by HitmanLV (I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.)
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To: jammer

I am sure Afro American males get the same treatment and worse from their DOMENERING WIVES/GIRLFRIENDS. I have seen it already , it's not just white men who are getting that treatment from their GFs or wives. But, this kind of thing is not Biblical, GOD NEVER ! called the woman to DOMENATE over her husband , nor did GOD call the husband to treat his wife badly or like a dirty rag. Read EPH chapter 5.


145 posted on 11/10/2004 11:41:54 AM PST by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM 53 : 1 The ( FOOL ) hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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