Word: genderism
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Harvard’s liberal newspaper, Perspective, recently published “The Women’s Issue.” The implication here, Dartboard supposes, is that devoting almost an entire issue of a newspaper to women promotes gender equality, because women are oppressed...
...women sitting around in support groups and “[relating] to each other,” to the exclusion of all men and supposedly male values like “competition.” This exclusion, which students now observe in an entire Perspective issue devoted to one gender, has consequences: Men are emasculated and expressions of their masculinity—including criticism of sacrosanct television shows like “Sex and the City” and “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”—become politically incorrect...
With ample gender stereotyping, enough innuendo to start a porn film and the occasional need for swimsuit-related tasks, nobody could turn these shows down. If you need to drown your sorrows as the ugly guy who never gets the girl or be certain that a short enough skirt will land you any position, just sit down and turn on the television...
...given night and you’ll be confronted with a disgraceful array of lame, chauvinist reality television. Most intelligent people maintain a love-hate relationship with this peculiar programming, not totally convinced but not daring to look away—who knows, another frightful confirmation of a gender stereotype might lie after the next advertisement. You sit glued...
...their sex appeal or men for their earning capacity may not sound enticing or even whet your appetite. In truth, the success of these and other like-minded programs is an indictment on our society, reflects poorly on the supposed egalitarian values of the West and severely harms gender relations...