Michael Abernethy's Male-Bashing On TV

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In the article “Male-Bashing on TV,” published in PopMatters (2003), the author Michael Abernethy, wants gender stereotypes to stop. He mentions how most of all these television advertisements and shows put men down, and how men need the help of a women. Abernethy starts off with a short anecdote of when he had a hard day from work and sits down to watch some tv. Over the next two hours of watching a television show he notices that there are four men who are nothing like him, because the show portrays them as selfish and lazy, inconsiderate husbands and poor parents. Not only does Abernethy see male bashing on television shows but also on tv ads. For instance on a digital camera ad, it shows a man looking for items in a picture that his wife

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