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New idea or totally sexist?
The CBC is planning some counter-programming for female non-hockey fans as the Stanley Cup final begins next week, but faced a backlash on Twitter as a slew of posts denounced the idea as sexist.
Viewers can go online to listen to an alternate commentary from Lena Sutherland and Jules Mancuso, who run WhileTheMenWatch.com. They describe their site as a sports talk show for women, “Sex and the City” meets ESPN, with banter “from a woman’s point of view.”
“One afternoon while (our husbands) were both watching the same game on TV Jules and I were on the phone and we started just making comments to each other like, ’Did you see that guy’s hair?’ and ’What’s going on with that coach wearing the suit four sizes too big for him?”’ said Sutherland of their web show’s inspiration.
“And we kind of thought, ’Wow, this is funny, wouldn’t it be great if we could tune into an alternative version of the commentary from a female perspective?’ And that was kind of where we got the idea.”
Not everyone was happy with CBC’s decision.
“Seriously #CBC? While the Men Watch? I’m a serious sports fan and can go toe to toe with any male fan. Thanks for the patronizing insult,” wrote Laurie Kempton.
This is the thing I find funny about those feminists who are a bit trigger-happy about things that are geared “for women” or “for men” as opposed to “for everyone.” This show was created by women.
“Oh, but that’s just because they are blinded by patriarchal stereotypes they were indoctrinated with since birth.”
Really? And what about accepting people - and individual women - for what they are, what they think, and what they do, which you so adamantly preach at those of us “blinded by the patriarchy”?
As an aside, I have a four-year-old daughter. My wife is a tomboy who knows little about cutesy, “girly” things, fought against wearing dresses growing up, never like the color pink and hates Barbie. My daughter? Wears nail and toe polish and sparkling pink shoes, loves Disney princesses, and grabbed with glee the Barbie she was just given at a charity. Oh, and has carried a “purse” basically since she could walk.
I’m personally quite scared, although she very much likes playing cars with the boys and was very aggressive in soccer this spring (well… as aggressive as a four-year-old can be). And she easily holds her own with her 8- and almost 7-year-old brothers.
How about it you ladies just watch the regular sports with the guys and let the girlie girls watch While the Men Watch with other girly girls without judging them for what they want.
Don’t forget, the comic Cathy’s readership is mostly women, too.
(via nationalpost)
“If you spend any amount of time doing media analysis, it’s clear that the most frenzied moral panic surrounding young women’s sexuality comes from the mainstream media, which loves to report about how promiscuous girls are, whether they’re acting up on spring break, getting caught topless on camera, or catching all kinds of STIs. Unsurprisingly, these types of articles and stories generally fail to mention that women are attending college at the highest rates in history, and that we’re the majority of undergraduate and master’s students. Well-educated and socially engaged women just don’t make for good headlines, it seems.”— Jessica Valenti—The Purity Myth: How America’s Obsession With Virginity is Hurting Young Women (via hitmeagaintubesock)
I find it interesting that America is obsessed with virginity. Most of what I see online and from television and movies is the opposite. I also see nothing wrong with being a virgin and waiting for sex. There is a very real emotional connection that sexual intimacy creates.
Personally, though, perhaps the lens should be focused on the male gender, since it is them that initiates — or worse, forces — sex a great majority of the time. Instead men and boys are still, to this day, praised for their sexual exploits, never mind the STIs and the emotional damage and the risk of unwanted pregnancy.
