In television, as is most often true in life, everyone is at least partially wrong. Woman-bashing is wrong. Man-bashing is wrong. We must always remember that the most vocal members of any movement are generally representative of the fringe, not the whole. This article makes it sound like there's no such thing as victimized men. I get it, I really do. There are always going to be losers who want their "bone throne," but to dismiss an entire group of people out of hand is never the right choice.
There is a serious problem in the world today where people are treated badly based on their gender. This has been an obvious issue for women for a very long time and was institutionally sanctioned until relatively recently, but that does not mean that men are completely free of discrimination. I have firsthand experience of witnessing a father's rights utterly disregarded because his Y chromosome clearly makes him the lesser parent, despite the fact that he works three jobs to pay all of his bills and child support to his ex, who spends her days living off welfare, smoking pot, and neglecting her children. (She actually told me once that she doesn't believe in vegetables and that her children won't be eating them. It's honestly damn near child abuse.) Don't get me wrong, the father isn't a saint, but I've seen the lengths to which he's willing to go to care for his children and it's disgusting to me that the court has no problem with his ex refusing to let him see his children.
I respect your right to your own opinion, Bob, and I recognize the overwhelming presence of misogyny in our society, particularly on the internet, but I beg you to not make sweeping statements that belittle any group of people, regardless of the mistakes of some people who self-identify with said group.
On a lighter note, "candied nihilism" may be the best phrase I've heard in a long time. Just brilliant.
