Frankly I have always looked at the lad boy/men phenomenon as being an example of reverse sexism and the creeping misandronism that is enveloping our society rather than an example of atavistic machismo. If that sounds hypersensitive, I once sat down with girlfriend and dared her to show me one TV commercial in which a man was portrayed in a good light in a TV commercial involving a TV family. We are still waiting. I shudder to think what this is doing to boys who constantly see images of stupid oafish dads as the "norm" in TV land. Point two the …
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