The point, in case we a losing track, is that media and marketing shouldn't be outright bashing men - to make humor or to make a sale. In fact, there's really no need to be bashing anyone.
Since American society's sense of humor has become so twisted, we laugh at this sort of cr4p. So, in the name of humor, media/marketing needs to find someone to bash to sell their products... 'cuz it's sooooo funny? That's irresponsible marketing. Virtually every possible demographic or heritage is out-of-bounds except one: the white male. Would the travel commercial be funny if the man was amish? Sh!t yeah! It would be 50 times funnier and the mistake would make more sense. The Amish are "technologically disadvantaged". But the Amish have the elite out-of-bounds status. But then again, it would be an Amish MAN. Why couldn't the commercial's dialogue be written to have the man accusing the woman of fuxing up? Or the kids of fuxing up? Why did someone have to be a fuxup at all? You put anyone at the other end of that dialogue, and they would look like an idiot. That's not funny - that woman is a bytch. It's more the bashing that's got my nose out of joint. It goes without saying, then, that since the only "in-bounds" subject is the male, I'm pissed off that they are bashing men. That being said, I want males put in the "out-of-bounds" category too. There is need for people to be bashed on TV. It's unacceptable socially to be belittling ANYONE!
Progams and TV commercials have a huge impact on dictating a social acceptance, I feel that media in general should have more taste and strive to "raise the bar". Instead of bashing people, they should be portraying more peaceful/beautiful themes.
I know, I sound like a hippie.
Consider the showing of t!tt!es on television. In European countries, it's called a bo0b-tube for good reason-they show t!tt!es all the time. The woman's breast is a beautiful thing. Even women don't mind seeing another woman's breasts. Naked people on TV are nice to look at, in nearly every context. When Janet Jackson whips hers out on American television: SCANDAL. Overseas, viewers would have just laughed at the "oops" and not even batted an eye at the naked t!tty.
So back to the bashing of men on TV: if marketing/media stopped portraying people as acting like a55hole5 and b!tches, then, perhaps, Americans would stop acting that way, too. It seems likely to follow, right? It would be more of a challenge for marketing to find humorous themes, sure. But it sure wouldn't be negatively affecting American culture.
I would be interested in learning if TV commercials in other countries bash people nearly as much. I speculate that Americans are "in-bounds" for bashing since we are such a55hole5.
