So... Women today have to justify men's actions on the Titanic? Really? Is that event, and a handful of television shows with strong female leads (I can't imagine how horrific it must be for you to have to see Erica Evans kick ass, knowing that if she was your wife, you would be the one beating her, or your colleague, you'd be ranked higher than her, etc.), really so offensive to you? You're simply using evidence that suits you - for every show depicting a strong female, there are at least two others with strong male leads or supporting characters. Why are you so opposed to women being portrayed positively? Sorry, but clearly, you're a misogynist; telling you so won't change anything, because obviously it's deep-seated enough for you to believe you have some righteous cause if V being about an Erica and Anna rather than Eric and Adam is that uncomfortable for you. With respect to your comedy statement, I have two things to say. A) You're manipulating fact - yes, female comedians do make those sorts of jokes, but men do, as well, and often women insult or parody themselves! You can't tell me there aren't male comedians working that make sexist, demeaning jokes about women or about their own gender? B) Women have for centuries held a socially and politically minority status (they still do in most countries, but you probably don't even believe women had it all that bad, do you? I mean, it was worth it, since some guys let women on life rafts first, right?*), so jokes of that nature have a different impact coming from men. It's all about context. Try to embrace some strong, unoffensive female leads (like, really, Erica and Anna couldn't have been that bad???) - female athetes may not commonly be stronger/faster than male ones, but intellectually, we're on par with you, and everyone with knowledge, a gun, computer, super alien powers, whatever, is capable of doing equal damage.
*By the way, I haven't seen Titanic for many, many years, but I don't know if James Cameron, ironically, a man, depicted what happened in an accurate way. I do know in reality, some men held guns and *forced* other men to let children and women (probably to be with their children) on first - is that the way Cameron presented it on film?
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