Female Leads RULE the Box Office

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Louie said:

bdbdbd said:

What the fuck is this bullshit...

1. Maybe true. This depends largely on which part of the world are you living in.

2. Last time I was shopping for clothes, it looked like the complete opposite. Also, typically household items marketed towards women are "white" and towards men "black". The "black" items are damn expensive compared to "white". Have you noticed how much more cars cost that are marketed towards men, than cars marketed towards women?

3. Not as hard as it is for men. Knock someone up and try to demand an abortion in court. Nope, if the mother wants an abortion, she can get it regardless of father's will, and if she doesn't want an abortion, there won't be an abortion, no matter what the father want's.

4. Likely true.

5. Yes.

6. Ok, this isn't really different from 5.

7. Indeed. Men are more likely to be victims of domestic violence than women.

I would just like to point something out about rape. The definition of rape is "unlawful penetration of the vagina, anus or mouth of another person by a sex organ, other body part or an object". This basically means that a woman cannot rape a man unless she inserts her finger or an object into his anus or mouth. Being forced to penetrate a woman's vagina is not considered rape by law. Ironically, this stems from the pretty sexist view that women would never rape somebody. But, if we take into account the number of men who were "forced to penetrate" a woman and consider this to be rape, the number of male rape victims (and female perpetrators) shoots up dramatically. In this study 38% of rape victims were male by this definition. There are also studies that basically show a 50/50 split. Quote from article based on CDC study: "when asked about experiences in the last 12 months, men reported being "made to penetrate" — either by physical force or due to intoxication — at virtually the same rates as women reported rape (Source and underlying study here)

The reason why so few men are "rape victims" is because being "made to penetrate" is classified as "other sexual violence", because it doesn't fit the aforementioned definition of rape by the law. 

 

Good point. Although this varies largely on different parts of the world.

jason1637 said:

bdbdbd said:

What the fuck is this bullshit...

1. Maybe true. This depends largely on which part of the world are you living in.

2. Last time I was shopping for clothes, it looked like the complete opposite. Also, typically household items marketed towards women are "white" and towards men "black". The "black" items are damn expensive compared to "white". Have you noticed how much more cars cost that are marketed towards men, than cars marketed towards women?

3. Not as hard as it is for men. Knock someone up and try to demand an abortion in court. Nope, if the mother wants an abortion, she can get it regardless of father's will, and if she doesn't want an abortion, there won't be an abortion, no matter what the father want's.

4. Likely true.

5. Yes.

6. Ok, this isn't really different from 5.

7. Indeed. Men are more likely to be victims of domestic violence than women.

Call the list BS and agree with the majority of it...

1. Was refering to the US because the list was about the west.

2. You were probably shopping for clothing that doesnt have a Women version. The Car example is an exception. There will be products advertised to Men that cost more but in the grand scheme of things products advertised to Women will cost more.

3. This doesnt really address what i said. I was talking about Women who do want an abortion and that its getting harder for them to get one.

4. Likely True????????????? It is true.

6. Not all acts of sexual assualt is rape.

7. Not true.

1. Umm... So, I don't get your point. The list about WEST and you were referring only to US because of that.

2. What? It's a commonly known fact that mens clothing costs a lot more. Even T-shirts for men cost triple to womens T-shirts. Cars are no exeption, electronics and all the stuff like that are more expensive when it's supposed to be men who are buying it. You must mix this up with women SPENDING THE MAJORITY of the money in the households. I see you're not a married man.

3. You're right, it doesn't. If you tried to imply that women are somehow oppressed by this, I was merely pointing out, that this is much bigger problem for men than it is for women.

6. Right. But all the rapes are sexual assaults.

7. Oh yes, it is.