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Originally posted by NotMinus
I belive this form of manipulation spawns from young females no longer just being taught to be treated as equal, but a new trend teaching young women that men are simply stupid, beer drinking, sports loving guys who can be controller with food and displays of sexuality.
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The "men are stupid" thing is nothing new. Check the cable channels like TVland... A lot of the old sit. coms. from the 1960's and 1970's show men as grandstanding pompous idiots or belching fools who, in the end, learn how to behave from their more intelligent wives. The Honeymooners, Flintstones, Brady Bunch and a host of others carried that message before I was born.
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I think alot of it has to do with teaching Beauty as power, being able to reject men shows some power over them and alot of people I know my age just accept it, they become nervouse and un-confident around people they are attracted to, I guess its a new mentality thats been taught somewhere along the way growing up. If you analize the vast majority of advertising on TV and in magazines there are many displays of this new thought pattern.
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I agree with you on every aspect except the newness thing. If you have a chance, take a look at the old Popeye cartoons from the 1930's. The way Olive Oil wraps Popeye around her finger is the same thing... And that is from a time when my grandparents were teenagers.
(Sorry to make some of you feel old).
