Women in the Media

Usually, I find feminism somewhat obnoxious. I don't care if you say policeman instead of police person and I'm glad that as the weaker sex, I don't have to carry heavy things or be drafted into the military. I like that I don't have to pay on dates and that if I want to be the main provider of my family, I can be. But lately, few things especially present in media have disturbed me. Any movie or story with a female as the main character is almost automatically written off as just for girls. Ask yourself, would Harry Potter have been half as popular as it is if the main character was a girl? Even if there are guys out there who like stories with female protagonists, how often do they admit it? It's something that they can be ashamed of. That's so weird to me. Like, if any of you have ever watched Gilmore Girls, it's and extremely clever and well written television show; very funny, very smart, but i only know of one guy who has ever admitted to liking it. Because the two main characters are girls and it has girls in the title. It's the same with music. It's okay for girls to like music with both male or female main vocals, but guys generally only like music in which a male is most prevalent. I've met several people in the last month who have told me that I'm wrong just because I'm a girl. Where do you think they got that?

This is the blog that caught my attention on the subject and also here is a video I came across yesterday. I urge you to take ten minutes to look at these, especially if you are a guy, to see how the media has maybe influenced your thoughts towards women.