Where dynamism comes from
The Guardian reports the deep outrage at the wild claim that men shouldn’t bully or sexually harass.
Gillette is under fire from men’s rights activists and rightwing publications for a new advertisement that engages with the #MeToo movement and plays on its 30-year tagline “The Best A Man Can Get”, asking instead: “Is this the best a man can get?”
The advertisement features news clips of reporting on the #MeToo movement, as well as images showing sexism in films, in boardrooms, and of violence between boys, with a voice over saying: “Bullying, the MeToo movement against sexual harassment, toxic masculinity, is this the best a man can get?”
The film has generated heated debate and plenty of criticism.
Far-right magazine The New American attacked the advertisement’s message, saying it “reflects many false suppositions”, adding that: “Men are the wilder sex, which accounts for their dangerousness – but also their dynamism.”
Yers! You can’t have one without the other! Men can’t possibly invent shaving cream if they’re not allowed to bully and rape; the two are inextricably linked.
They really want to go with that?
Yes, they do. It keeps them from having to change their own behaviors.
I heard this all my life growing up, even after my parents were aware I had been sexually molested by an older brother. Boys will be boys, after all. They have needs women can’t even hope to understand.
Good for you, Gillette.