Men Don't Have 'Guilty Pleasures'!
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(. . . is this for real?)
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I think he's kidding, but who knows?
I like the article though. He's saying that society only lets men have pleasure and women are supposed to hide it, which I don't know if anyone here would argue with that. Male privilege is barring him from examining the issue any further, I think - he's saying that women are weirdos for hiding these things and not realizing how much pressure is on us to be pie baking robots.
I agree with you on the second half of your paragraph. But this: "He's saying that society only lets men have pleasure and women are supposed to hide it."
I didn't get from this article at all. I got a lot of men are so awesome because even though they have societal pressures to be manly they overcome them and are prideful, and women are weak and give in
Thats how I read it too.
I read it that way too. . .
I think this is a prime example of what happens when someone tries to analyze gender differences without feminist thought. He just takes the differences he has observed for granted. He doesn't stop to ask WHY men can be shameless slobs and women can't. He fails to really address the issue at hand, that women are under more pressure to conform to the feminine ideal than men are to conform to the masculine ideal.
On one hand he does want to help women to break free of societal pressures, but again he ignores why women face these pressures in the first place. Looking at other articles this seems to be his whole job, giving out advice to women while applying a minimum understanding to their experience.
Then agin, if he met a woman with no "guilty pleasures" and who felt shame over nothing, would he then feel the need to judge or shame her HIMSELF?
Hmmmm...
Geez, I hate stuff like this. "Men are so super-cool and unconcerned with what other people think! If only those uptight bitches could be like us...huh? You mean some ARE? No way! That doesn't jive with all the sitcoms I watch!"
Let me slowly extend my middle ladyfinger at this "bra". I don't have guilty pleasures either. I refuse to be "cutely neurotic" so as to be acceptable to the fratboy culture.