AkAngel said--
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I mean, find a commercial in which a husband and wife, bf and gf or even a random man and woman in which someone looks stupid, ignorant or incompetent...and find one in which the stupid one is the woman. They don't exist. Women won't stand for a commercial where a woman is made to look less than a man and there have been many boycotts and letter writing complaints. Women don't boycott when the men are made to look stupid and the men just let it go.
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though I'm NOT condoning such practices(I don't care for any person to always be made out as the one without a brain).... it does make sense that women in general would be more defensive about it-- we've only had "equal" treatment for about a century. It's a recent past filled with abuse, no value and no where to turn. Men don't have any past like that.
It's similar to racist jokes.... it seems OK to make fun of white people--(like the movie-- "White men can't jump"-- you'd NEVER see a movie that said Black men can't ______ whatever) one would be in trouble if they made fun of other races. I think it has to do with past oppression. It hits some right to their raw nerve.
It may seem oversensitive to some-- but-- I think it's more about fear of losing their place they've struggled so hard for generations to acheive.
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