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Male Fantasy Media versus Female Fantasy Media


Known informally as non-sexually oriented porn. Anyways, which is more obnoxious. Women often cite movies such as the Rambo series as totally unrealistic. One guy against a small army of antagonists. Unlikely, but against the right untrained opponent Rambo has a fighting chance. To be fair women have been catered to far less than men so there is far less material especially from earlier generations. But you have programming such as Gilmore Girls where nearly all the men are dullards, halfwits, or ignorant especially if they are not a potential love interest of the lead female characters. While shows from the 1950's and 1960's were clearly male centric the women were mostly deferential but seldom shown as outright stupid. Even a show like All in the Family from the early 1970's had a housewife that while shown as not academically capable certainly knew people and had wisdom. I liked the character of Edith Bunker and would consider her the high water mark in terms of maybe having a limited intellect. So what do you think?

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I read this OP twice and could not understand your point, opinion or question Alfred and I do mean well

What is your basic point because I like your posts👍

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I thought I was the only one who didn't get it.

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He asks what do you think, duh.

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Thanks for clearing it all up🤔

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Rambo vs. Gilmore Girls. Who wins?

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Gilmore Girls for me.

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Gilmore Girls

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Rambo always wins
WTH is a gilmore girl?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhv1l_QsgUU
not exactly your cup of rum.

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Thx for the link👍
Never saw this one
Now I see that one girl was in Curb Your Enthusiasm!

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I never watched The Gilmore Girls but I like films like Rambo where the ostracized outsider is such a invincible kick ass. It's good entertainment.

I guess your point is that they never made women out to be the goofuses that they do men even in the bye gone days when males were the king of the hill.
For disclaimer purposes I'll say I don't enjoy men being the bunt of the joke either...or the current trend in that direction..
But I'm not sure you're entirely right about women in older films and tv. It was just more subtle because they were a bit lower in status ..sometimes I get frustrated at how worthless they often made women out to be. Or they're only as worthwhile as they are pretty.
If the hero saves her and is tussling around with the bad guy no woman ever has the sense to help him out..hit the bad guy on the head or something. Anything.
And I saw recently an old film I liked as a kid..The Borgia Stick...about 2 undercover agents playing husband and wife and really falling for each other. But the only way out of the agency is death.
But the wife has absolutely no training. She can't even use a gun..all she does is cry. All the time. It's embarrassing.
You get my drift..
But things go overboard these days just like they always do when they think they're fixing something that's wrong. They always have to short change somebody, it seems. And now it seems to be men. And women are being the over-empowered ones.
I get it.

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Male fantasy feminism: 120lb female with big boobs and long hair, round house kicks man across room and makes out with chick.
Women: Misogyny!!!!

Female fantasy feminism: 120lb female with small boobs and butch hair, round house kicks man across room and makes out with chick.
Men: OK.

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