Masculine violence.

It was really interesting to see the comparison of dolls from the 1960's to the 1990's. The fact that men have become much bigger and women much smaller is an interesting reflection of what society sees as the ideal. It takes even more now to be masculine. Men have to be bigger, more violent, in order to be acceptable masculine. Men feel that they have to be overly "manly" with other guys just to prove themselves. This is really injurious to men and to society at large. It creates direct violence, like domestic abuse towards women, and also indirect violence, like suicide by homosexuals.

Another part of the video that shocked me was the scenes of women being abused in videos, the fact that that is accepted. But if a woman is violent towards another woman or, even worse, towards a man, it becomes shocking and even horrifying. Men are supposed to be violent but women are suddenly threatening if they do the same things. The bad thing is, when women are fighting for equality, they often feel that they have to rise to this masculine standard of violence. Women are allowed to be violent now, like Charlie's Angels and Catwoman, but only as long as they are sexy at the same time. So now woman have to be sexual, beautiful, powerful, and violent in order to be strong and considered equal to men. We have to destroy the need for violence in both genders.