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Sick of men-bashing?
May. 19th, 2006 07:11 amI need to send my emails in three days.
Two days ago, right after an episode of The King of Queens (a.k.a. Doug & Carrie), I brought up the topic of men-bashing, and why men are usually the butt of the joke in sitcoms and other humorous fandoms. I said that it's a counter to all the discrimination that women had to endure throughout history, but Dad said that men make better jokes than women. I did tell them that manipulation is what mainly gets on my nerves, although slapstick abuse in general does annoy me as well, since only women do it to men. (Men and women can do it to people of their own sex, though.)
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Ending the conversation, I told my parents that the main reason I ordered Amazing Nurse Nanako at the library was because the main character is a female idiot who's abused and threatened by her boss. In fact, Nanako's very first scene in the series is a fine example of that. (Hooray for Amazing Nurse Nanako, Excel Saga, Ikki Tousen, and any other fandoms starring stupid, airheaded female characters.)
Last night, I showed Mom and Dad two things right after King of Queens. The first things was a webpage full of women-bashing jokes which are every bit as funny as men-jokes.
http://www.whinetasting.com/funny/001375.php
The other thing is a scene from the first episode of Excel Saga, in which Excel, holding the job as a construction site traffic director, goofs off and wields the traffic stick around wildly. In fact, I set up my DVD yesterday morning paused right before that scene to show everyone.
Two days ago, right after an episode of The King of Queens (a.k.a. Doug & Carrie), I brought up the topic of men-bashing, and why men are usually the butt of the joke in sitcoms and other humorous fandoms. I said that it's a counter to all the discrimination that women had to endure throughout history, but Dad said that men make better jokes than women. I did tell them that manipulation is what mainly gets on my nerves, although slapstick abuse in general does annoy me as well, since only women do it to men. (Men and women can do it to people of their own sex, though.)
( Read more... )
Ending the conversation, I told my parents that the main reason I ordered Amazing Nurse Nanako at the library was because the main character is a female idiot who's abused and threatened by her boss. In fact, Nanako's very first scene in the series is a fine example of that. (Hooray for Amazing Nurse Nanako, Excel Saga, Ikki Tousen, and any other fandoms starring stupid, airheaded female characters.)
Last night, I showed Mom and Dad two things right after King of Queens. The first things was a webpage full of women-bashing jokes which are every bit as funny as men-jokes.
http://www.whinetasting.com/funny/001375.php
The other thing is a scene from the first episode of Excel Saga, in which Excel, holding the job as a construction site traffic director, goofs off and wields the traffic stick around wildly. In fact, I set up my DVD yesterday morning paused right before that scene to show everyone.