tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post8176054758968194373..comments2023-10-08T05:00:23.559-04:00Comments on Clarissa's Blog: Infantilizing Men, Cont'dClarissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-34295554890303916372010-09-13T19:59:35.808-04:002010-09-13T19:59:35.808-04:00Interesting...I've recently begun to notice th...Interesting...I've recently begun to notice the extent to which women are infantilized in society (I give you the breast cancer's pink ribbons and teddy bears--for grown women--as Exhibit A), but I never considered a corollary with the male side of things. I think you may be on to something here.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12409793235676670706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-70505764887430860872010-04-15T08:13:58.546-04:002010-04-15T08:13:58.546-04:00Anonymous: when you talk about things "valued...Anonymous: when you talk about things "valued by society", it sounds like you are excluding women from "society." We represent half of the world's population. In the US, women make 80% of all purchase decisions. As a result, television definitely does care about what women want.<br /><br />As to things that "men don't want to do anyways," in Everybody Loves Raymond one of the main storylines was dedicated to how Raymond keeps egging his wife for sex in a variety of humiliating ways, and she keeps refusing until he proves himself with good behavior. Then, she accedes while rolling her eyes and showing how much she despises him. So what is it that "men don't want to do anyway"? Have sex??Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-79939437082013165852010-04-15T01:19:43.235-04:002010-04-15T01:19:43.235-04:00It's not so insulting, really. For the most pa...It's not so insulting, really. For the most part, the things that men are portrayed as being bad at are not valued by society and not something men want to do, anyway. <br /><br />(Bill Cosby as much as admitted this in a joke about men's brilliance in being so incompetent they can't be expected to do work.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-43032395243969386892010-04-12T20:24:58.192-04:002010-04-12T20:24:58.192-04:00I hate those kinds of ads/shows. Ironically my hus...I hate those kinds of ads/shows. Ironically my husband loves them, which I do not understand. Can't he see how insulting they are? I have given up, and just leave the room when a show like that comes on.Jenniferhttp://literarysoundtrack.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com