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The Rules
Whether you like it or not, you've been lied to. You don't have to take my word for it. Just look around you. If you watch television, you'll find that men are portrayed as bumblers, fools, abusers, adulterers, homosexuals, and rapists. If you read magazines, you'll find that advertising geared toward men demeans and insults us. Have you looked at a billboard lately? Heard a radio program recently? Listened in on a conversation between two or more women? Seen a “chick flick” within the past 10 years?
Men are being told that we are the cause of the world's problems. We are the reason why so many women are unhappy. It's because of us that we lost the Mars Polar Lander. Whatever. It’s time to open our male eyes and see just what is going on around us. Go rent “My Best Friend’s Wedding” or “Mrs. Doubtfire” and see how male roles are being portrayed.
These are the kinds of rules you live with. They are designed to place you in a reduced status – to give you a handicap. Popular opinion states that men have enjoyed the majority of benefit in our society and therefore must be burdened to balance the scales. Obviously, in different arenas, others are faced with their own rules too: women, majorities, minorities, soccer teams, etc., all have their own rules. I find the rules for men very menacing however because they are seen as “cute,” “charming,” and something we are supposed to fight through.
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