Nickolai77 said:
SovietPanda said:
am i not watching this properly, who here is fantasizing about justin beiber? the alien daughter mentions him in a jokingly insulting way and thats it. really dont know what your taking offense with here.
Justin Beiber's 17 years old...the alien mother, who we can presume is aged 30-50, says "mmmm Bieber", implying sexual lust.
Now if the farther had lusted after a 17 year old girl, that would have been regarded as inappropriate, which is the OP's point- why the hypocrisy?
I'll just say that society has certain gender expectations, like for instance how men are expected to work, and women have the choice to work or be a housewife and won't be looked down upon for either. Men are expected to be leaders, women are seen as more maternal and caring, men are seen as potentially violent but also brave, women are seen as being potentially bitchy etc...
As far as i'm concerned these views are shaped by a complex interaction of nature and nurture psychological factors- gender expectations do change over time of course, because gender expectations are in part a social construct, but because there's a nature element there as well- there will always be gender expectations in some form or another.
Now this, I understand and agree with what you are saying, society
does have certain expectations of each gender. Which is why these big things for womens rights, and getting paid the same as men annoys me, (not that I disagree with them being equal) but when they can campaign about equality, yet still expect men to act chivalrous, and pay for things, and allow ourselves to be hit without retaliation. Again, I don't condone violence to women, but when they can campaign all the time about how both genders should be equal, then throw up double standards everywhere, it irks me.
It's a similar situation with racism in the UK. (not sure how it is elsewhere) If a white man was to say that white people are better, he would be instantly shot down for racism. If a black man was to claim he was part of the superior race, then he would be praised for having racial pride.
We are part of a hypocritical country and it cannot be helped, minorities, and those seen as having less power, will fight valiantly for equality, yet still feel as though they can be protected by certain double standards.
Anyway, rant over..