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In reply to the discussion: Seth MacFarlane's Oscars Had a Deaf Ear and a Blind Eye to Women [View all]SpartanDem
(4,533 posts)33. "The Academy's younger cohort can be just as sexist as the old guard?"
That or they don't have a huge stick up their ass
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So what else is new? Hollywood has a long, sordid history of demeaning women.
MotherPetrie
Feb 2013
#1
the difference is that progressives seem to be getting on the train of laughing at a very real
backtoblue
Feb 2013
#6
So we should just ignore it? You're part of the problem then. We've got to shout it down.
chimpymustgo
Feb 2013
#42
But the so-called "progressive" climate on DU includes many who find no problem with it.
hlthe2b
Feb 2013
#3
if women exposing their breast on film is demeaning then why do so many do it
leftyohiolib
Feb 2013
#11
Some of those roles were very serious, like Jodie Foster being gang raped in The Accused.
Arugula Latte
Feb 2013
#17
Bare breasts are not demeaining. Reducing women's contribution to film by focusing on their
Luminous Animal
Feb 2013
#20
It's not about the Oscars at al... It's what constitutes humor and what constitutes blatant misogyny
backtoblue
Feb 2013
#14
so talking about sexism and misogyny is poutrage? not surprising, considering some of the
niyad
Feb 2013
#16
I'm a fairly nihilistic person, but I a little Seth McFarlane goes a long ways...
Tom Ripley
Feb 2013
#18
Sometimes I suspect his misogyny is overcompenation for his obvious love for musical theatre...
Tom Ripley
Feb 2013
#19
Citations for your claims re male "vast" majority moviegoers and video gamers? nt
redqueen
Feb 2013
#32
Yes, I thought I'd read that women were half if not more than half of US moviegoers.
redqueen
Feb 2013
#38