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Originally Posted by evman150
I disagree with this attitude. I wasn't around when it was done "how it's always been done", so how exactly does it affect me? I was raised in a household where it wasn't even a question whether the sexes were equal. How things worked 25/50/100 years ago has no bearing on my life.
We're all people. Why must people have these needs? Human beings are always looking for meaning. Why can't we all just live our lives to the best and fullest we can as equals?
I realize there's a good chance I'm not the average man here, but this discussion is incredibly foreign to me.
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I'm not sure whether I should say "lucky you" or "sounds like you end up in awkward situations a lot". Maybe both?
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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
I see the logic, but I think the problem originates with the mass-media, in general, not with "what women think they want", in particular. Writers create artistic content. Based on theirwriting, Hollywood machine makes movies and creates idolized images of men and women. Those images that become popular are being followed and repeated by the viewing public until they wear out. Then, new images are created. At present, the public is fed the images of Paul Rudd, Michael Cera and Jason Bateman, as the men-type most women should love, because these guys are so sensitive, so kind, so polite and... well, so womanly. I find it repulsive, personally, but I am not a woman...
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Mass-media is the way the culture is spread, not the culture itself. Well of course there's a feedback loop. But I think you get what I mean.
Mass-media is just people writing like they see the world or how they think other see the world or how they think others would like to see the world.