Viking wrote:
> On 2 Apr 2005 09:40:02 -0800, "Hyerdahl"
 wrote:
>
> >> a) You're a lunatic. There are no movies made about men beating up
> >> women unless the idea is that the woman gets revenge.
> >
> >Sure there are.  There are many, many films about serial killers
> >torturing and killing women and it's about those men and the cops
that
> >chase them and NOT about the woman getting revenge.
>
> Amounts to the same thing, fool. A straw man is set up so that men
may
> be punished.

No, it does not; it's about gratuitous violence against women for men's
viewing pleasure.
>
> >> b) Your argument is ridiculous; one should condemn things that are
> >> wrong. How about this rewriting of your assertion:
> >>
> >  So you want me to condemn a splinter in one eye while the beam is
in
> >the other?  :-)  I don't think so.  That would be a bit like
condemning
> >men for shoplifting.  ;-)
>
> If you can look around and honestly say that you think movies today
> are anti-female as opposed to anti-man, then you're psychotic. And,
of
> course, totally wrong.

I think movies today are anti women for many reasons;  here are a few:

..    There are more films for actors than for actresses
..    More actors get top billing
..    More actors get higher pay
..    There is more female than male nudity
..    etc.



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