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August 24, 2006Buster Concurs with Fausta - UPDATEDFausta has a terrific post up - I meant to link to it yesterday, actually - on just how difficult it is to be a man in our society. It’s a long piece that doesn’t “read” long because it is so interesting. Fausta writes: The main reason I believe that women have easier lives than men is that I’ve had an easier life as a woman than my brother has had as a man. I can not, and will not, go into details, so you’ll just have to take my word on this. However, I have a hypothesis on why men’s lives are more difficult nowadays There are three main trends why being a man in today’s world strikes me as a most difficult position: 1. The Church of Oprah It is a masterful exposition, and I urge you to read it. And then read Maxed-Out Mama’s thoughts on what having gonads actually means. Especially check out her pithy last line. Good reasoning, and good writing, there. Buster is taken with both pieces. This summer he has spent a great deal of time growling at the television and declaring that he is fed up with how men are portrayed in the popular culture - clueless beings bumbling through life, saved only by their brilliant wives and more-brilliant children, who merely put up with Dad, while rolling their eyes. There is a phone commercial that especially ticks him off - some woman talking about how she installed her phone while deep in the background, her husband, oblivious, is dancing around like a clumsy oaf. That commercial has caused Buster to launch stuff at the tv. Much of pop culture causes him to get aggrivated, these days, but nothing does so more than the way men are served up to the national psyche by Madison Avenue. UPDATE: Fausta has followed up her piece with another strong post - this time on what we are allowing to happen to our children, Children and Salvation. Fausta is on a roll, and this is another insightful bit of work. Please read it. http://theanchoressonline.com/2006/08/24/buster-concurs-with-fausta/trackback/ 5 Responses to “Buster Concurs with Fausta - UPDATED” |
August 24th, 2006 at 12:28 pm
Buster is so wonderful!! I am also very upset with the way marriages are portrayed on TV these days. Some ads I’ve seen for new shows this fall make me sick.
Hope you’re feeling better
August 24th, 2006 at 3:52 pm
Many many thanks. I’m deeply honored.
August 25th, 2006 at 8:22 am
Vast sympathies for Buster. He’s right to be aggravated. The anti-male slant is pervasive. Can you imagine how he’s going to feel when he gets to college?
On the other hand, there are a lot of good women out there who utterly disagree with this, and I hope these posts have reinforced that to him. I think older women have a responsibility to speak publicly about what works and doesn’t work. Leaving the formation of perceptions to the media is not healthy.
August 25th, 2006 at 10:21 am
[...] Today was going to be another one of those mind-melting days; buried deep in code. Imagine my astonishment when I found The Anchoress, Fausta, Sigmund, Carl & Alfred and Gagdad Bob ALL expounding on the exact topic that had been bouncing around in my head the last few weeks since school started - parents & children/evil & virtue/darkness & light/Radical Islam, the rest of the World & what the future holds. In a way, it’s good to know that I am not the only distraught parent on this planet. [...]
August 25th, 2006 at 11:38 am
I don’t blame Buster at all. I don’t watch much TV anymore for that and other reasons.
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We don’t have cable, either. So, we’re saving our money, too.