Does the media play a role?
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This comment was by John Anderson in reference to the post – Have ‘Manly’ and ‘Masculine’ Become Derogatory Labels?
There is a section of society who wish to make manly and masculine derogatory words. To an extent they have succeed as the mainstream media seems to have bought into it. I still remember that whole Huggies thing where a daddy blogger objected to the portrayal of fathers as inept parents. It wasn’t just men who complained and Huggies changed it.
I also remember reading an article complaining about “dadvertising.” It was again mainstream media complaining about men being portrayed in a positive light. The issue is that the advertising really resonated with women. As long as there are relationships, I don’t think they could truly win and that’s why there is so much effort placed to deny men a place within the family.
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