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Time to end the Stereotype; Men are not immature sex maniacs...
Topic Started: Jul 24 2008, 09:30 PM (470 Views)
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Immature, insensitive, sex-mad? Not us, say men...



SYDNEY, July 24 (Reuters Life!) - Young, single men are fed up with being typecast as immature, insensitive and sex-obsessed, with a survey finding that the majority believe in having a soul mate, aren't scared of commitment, and say real men can cry.


A poll of 70,000 men with an average age of 28 debunked many of the standard stereotypes to show that the modern man is driven by a sense of values, loyalty and family.

The survey, by men's lifestyle website AskMen.com, found that 77 percent of respondents look for girlfriends with "wife potential" while 75 percent believe they have a soul mate and 69 percent would never cheat on their partner.

"These survey results will be surprising to many women, most of whom have a completely different perspective of what the average man thinks and feels," James Bassil, editor-in-chief of AskMen.com, told Reuters.

"The idea that young guys only want to be single and jump from girlfriend to girlfriend is not true at all."

The online survey, conducted over a five-week period, found that six out of 10 men were fed up with inaccurate commercial descriptions of them.

Bassil said the images of men on television and in advertisements had not changed or been challenged for decades whereas the image of women in the media was always changing as their roles in the home and the workplace altered.

"In TV sitcoms and in adverts, young men are portrayed as immature, frat boys who are always trying to get around their wives or girlfriends finding out about their bad behavior. This is just not the case," he said.

The survey by AskMen.com, a unit of Fox Interactive Media, found that 56 percent of men believed that being a good father or husband made them "manly."

It also found that 75 percent admitted to crying over a woman while 57 percent of men cook at home and enjoy doing it.

"There really seems to be a revival of traditional values among men which goes against everything you see in the media," said Bassil.





What caught my eye about this article is that I have noticed more and more, especially on TV moreso than movies, that many young men are portrayed in ways this article talks about.

From my own little world "consensus", I would generally agree with most of these figures. I've also always believed that for every "guy" jumping from girlfriend to girlfriend, there is a "girl" doing the same thing.

Most guys I've ever known really suffered after a breakup, even if it was just a girlfriend, as opposed to a spouse. Many of us are just good at hiding it.

gentlemen....


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You know someone will eventually suggest, probably in a news report somewhere, that the answers to this poll are geared to create a false impression in an effort to get girls horizontal.
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Have to agree, by and large. I get sick and tired of shows like Home Improvement, Raymond, King of Queens, et. al., that the plot is usually: husband screws up, wife gets mad, husband has to make it right. Not to stereotype all sticoms like that, but there are certainly enough on the air.

There's also a problem with the depication of parents, in general, for shows geared towards kids. The parents are either dysfunctional, stupid, mean, or just plain not there...
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Jul 25 2008, 12:24 PM
Have to agree, by and large. I get sick and tired of shows like Home Improvement, Raymond, King of Queens, et. al., that the plot is usually: husband screws up, wife gets mad, husband has to make it right. Not to stereotype all sticoms like that, but there are certainly enough on the air.

There's also a problem with the depication of parents, in general, for shows geared towards kids. The parents are either dysfunctional, stupid, mean, or just plain not there...
Pretty much a backlash to the whole "Father Knows Best" or "Leave it to Beaver Era". Also stereotypes that never really existed either.

I can say that I have only known a couple of guys in my life that came pretty close to the stereotype and that by and large people who knew them generally kept their wives/girlfriends away from these guys.
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"Father Knows Best" or "Leave it to Beaver Era". Also stereotypes that never really existed either.


True, but I'd rather rather them portray an ideal or positive goal to aim for than what they are now...
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Have to agree, by and large. I get sick and tired of shows like Home Improvement, Raymond, King of Queens, et. al., that the plot is usually: husband screws up, wife gets mad, husband has to make it right. Not to stereotype all sticoms like that, but there are certainly enough on the air.

There's also a problem with the depication of parents, in general, for shows geared towards kids. The parents are either dysfunctional, stupid, mean, or just plain not there...
I also get tired of the "kids are the smart ones while parents (especially fathers) are complete idiots." Who writes this tripe? Look at some of the junk on Disney as an example.
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Good gosh don't get me started on Disney Channel crap. lol. Sure some of it is okay, but they do rarely show things about parenting. Kids now it seems MUSt be independent and with all the child stars out there I can see why they'd want to 'live the life' at younger and younger ages.
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The more succesfull family sit coms here the father is usually an oppressed and embattled figure. Dominated by his wife/mother-in-law/children/boss, you can pick all or any combination. From Father Dear Father to My Family there is the familiar line.
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Aren't scared of commitment?

Please, who isnt scared of commitment? Girl or Guy, its a big gamble
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CPA - some are more afraid then others. Some are willing to take the gamble, others shy away from it.

It's my 17th wedding anniversary today. After that long and two kids to boot I can safely say that I have no fear of commitment.
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Tim Allen is very funny in my tool and car loving opinion.

But the tire old dumpy, ignoramous idiot guy doing all the dumb things - married to the smart, rude, sassy, hottie in the push-up who is always the enlightened and right one does get old. In my house, I wear the push-up.
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We'll see. lol
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Tim Allen is very funny in my tool and car loving opinion.

But the tire old dumpy, ignoramous idiot guy doing all the dumb things - married to the smart, rude, sassy, hottie in the push-up who is always the enlightened and right one does get old. In my house, I wear the push-up.
Reminds me of the one episode I saw of "The World According to Jim."

Fortunately my remote does have the ability to turn off a TV, too.
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