I took a minute to think about this. I'm told that it seems that I'm making a statement of " poor me " ... that's not the point I'm getting at. I was lift with a bad taste in my mouth because while I agree with what was said, and I agree that the things outlined do exist - there are many people ( myself included ) who do not subscribe and in fact fight aganst it, that get nothing more than a token footnote.
It's not hard to picture it. Imagine the rejection, abuse and isolation that comes from being male and supporting the point of view expressed? I bristle at the descriptions of so called " men " who act like asses, and exploit the so called " male privilege " , and other males around me give me no end of greif for it. Now take all that, and walk up to a crowd of people and say " I agree with you - and I support your point of view " and have rocks thrown in your face.
Men are not underrepresented , but men who think rationally and with an open mind are.
I also thing that the opinios stated on television are a little off. After spending 10 years in the industry, I can tell you that it's all about money - not gender. the first and only order of business is making money. After that then you can pile in things like focus groups or who a show is targeted to ( people with money, or a specific group of people who have money ). Programs that are directed towards women are directed towards women with money. Programs that are directed towards men are likewise directed towards moen with money. Very little consideration is taken at the higher levels about what messages are being sent or who a program is directed to. At lower levels people prattle on about how this show sends a social message and that show promotes this ideal or that ideal ... but at the end of the day it's the money, not the mssage that matters.
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Date: 2008-01-16 05:12 am (UTC)It's not hard to picture it. Imagine the rejection, abuse and isolation that comes from being male and supporting the point of view expressed? I bristle at the descriptions of so called " men " who act like asses, and exploit the so called " male privilege " , and other males around me give me no end of greif for it. Now take all that, and walk up to a crowd of people and say " I agree with you - and I support your point of view " and have rocks thrown in your face.
Men are not underrepresented , but men who think rationally and with an open mind are.
I also thing that the opinios stated on television are a little off. After spending 10 years in the industry, I can tell you that it's all about money - not gender. the first and only order of business is making money. After that then you can pile in things like focus groups or who a show is targeted to ( people with money, or a specific group of people who have money ). Programs that are directed towards women are directed towards women with money. Programs that are directed towards men are likewise directed towards moen with money. Very little consideration is taken at the higher levels about what messages are being sent or who a program is directed to. At lower levels people prattle on about how this show sends a social message and that show promotes this ideal or that ideal ... but at the end of the day it's the money, not the mssage that matters.