Gillette: Men Are Toxic

[cosermann]

Oh, and there's this:

 

[HoughMade]

Shaving only my neck (NO NECKBEARDS!) and cheekbones this time of year (6 days a week), I've been using the same disposable Bic since October. BTW, I haven't used shaving cream or any other type of anything other than water to shave for about 2 years, even when I do not have the beard.

...so Gillette isn't really losing a customer in me.

 

[alabasterjar]

Something else for me to boycott that I don't use anyway, lol! Pic related:

 

[Mongo59]

I don't need to be a customer to be offended by the way they portray men. By their assertion we have all been shaving our butts and walking on our hands...

 

[Spear Dane]

My wife is all for it and thinks it's great they are doing it. Toxic masculinity is toxic

If you are serious you seriously need a new wife.

 

[femurphy77]

Wow! Now we need to ask ourselves how any of us turned out socially acceptable. Wait a minute, we own guns, that means none of us are socially acceptable.

They need to actually look at what they are pushing rather than scanning for a social buzz.

It would seem by their presentation there is only "a" man out of the masses who is accountable and the rest of us are either lazy, derelict and/or ignorant.

The last thing we need is more "us v them" being dumped into the current environment. So what is the motto for this film supposed to be? "Men: guilty until proven innocent"?

It would now appear that every aspect of our lives are to be demoted to the lowest common denominator for stereotyping and we are to go through life on our bellies begging for forgiveness.

"Land of the free and home of the brave" is not only no longer true but apparently something all men, and those who came before us, need to apologize for.

When the world demands for all men to sit around drinking pregnant mare urine, knitting rainbow sweaters and turning our weapons into wind chimes...


Don't get me wrong, I am not advocating doing the negative things portrayed in the film. I am saying I am tired of being told that the freedoms I fought for, like so many here, should no longer apply to me because the ones who freely received those same freedoms decides to "vote me off the island" because I possess the very attributes they required of me to defend THEIR freedom.

If they do not possess the mental ability to tell "good" from "bad" then just leave it alone or trust someone who can. Don't try to tell me that because I shave I am somehow ruining your utopia...

MARE urine! I thought they said bear urine. I bet that's a HELL of a lot less painful to collect! Oh well I'll know better next time.

 

[Phase2]

 

[printcraft]

"The best a man can get."

 

[Beowulf]

I just watched the video and I read the comments.

I guess I'm confused. Either most of you guys haven't watched the video or you don't actually mean what you say. I know a lot of you get triggered by any new speak, like toxic masculinity, but if you watched the video, you can see what behaviors they were advocating. In the video, we see:

Bad:
- Pack of larger kids chases down and bullying a younger kid
- A kid receiving so-called "cyber-bullying" by being texted hateful things
- Several examples of men groping women or wolf-whistling/cat calling, while other guys laughed
- Older CEO/Boardroom type guy belittling the contribution of the one female employee
- Two kids beating the ever living snot out of each other, while negligent dads barbecue

Good:

- Guy calls out frat-type guys at a pool party for groping at women
- Older guy stepping in between two teenagers who were about to fight and getting them to shake hands
- Friend calls out his buddy for cat-calling a woman on the street
- One of the aforementioned barbequeuing dads stops the two kids from beating each other
- Onlooker stops the pack of kids from hurting the smaller one

So, from those examples, here is what I'm seeing in the ad as being promoted as positive masculinity:

1. Standing up for others, particularly those who are weaker
2. Respecting women, both on the street and as co-workers
3. Teaching children that the first recourse to a dispute isn't violence

What I don't see:

1. P*ssy Hats
2. Anything to do with voting Democrat
3. Anything to do with Socialism
4. Anything to do with weakening the status of men.

I don't see anything advocated there that you wouldn't see being taught for decades in the Boy Scouts, or in Church groups, etc. In fact, I bet I could travel back in time, to the heyday of manly men (you know, the 1950's) and give them the points of above, and they would absolutely agree with them (except maybe respecting women as co-workers, as that's a bit more modern).

So what are you all *****ing and moaning about? Cause if you can honestly say you haven't seen the bad behaviors the video is calling out going on around you, you are either living an extremely sheltered existence, or you are lying and are probably part of the problem.

I mean, when a guy running for President can brag on an open mic about how he can get any woman he wants and just grab them by the genitalia, who has had numerous affairs (including ones with huge payoffs) can get elected President, it would seem to me that a good chunk of our country tacitly condones that type of behavior. And it's not like that's new by any means. Look at Clinton, who was an accused rapist and certainly a sexual harasser. Or how many senators and reps get caught doing similar things.

And people are getting upset that Gillette made a video about toxic masculinity? Jeez.

 

[Kutnupe14]

I just watched the video and I read the comments.

I guess I'm confused. Either most of you guys haven't watched the video or you don't actually mean what you say. I know a lot of you get triggered by any new speak, like toxic masculinity, but if you watched the video, you can see what behaviors they were advocating. In the video, we see:

Bad:
- Pack of larger kids chases down and bullying a younger kid
- A kid receiving so-called "cyber-bullying" by being texted hateful things
- Several examples of men groping women or wolf-whistling/cat calling, while other guys laughed
- Older CEO/Boardroom type guy belittling the contribution of the one female employee
- Two kids beating the ever living snot out of each other, while negligent dads barbecue

Good:

- Guy calls out frat-type guys at a pool party for groping at women
- Older guy stepping in between two teenagers who were about to fight and getting them to shake hands
- Friend calls out his buddy for cat-calling a woman on the street
- One of the aforementioned barbequeuing dads stops the two kids from beating each other
- Onlooker stops the pack of kids from hurting the smaller one

So, from those examples, here is what I'm seeing in the ad as being promoted as positive masculinity:

1. Standing up for others, particularly those who are weaker
2. Respecting women, both on the street and as co-workers
3. Teaching children that the first recourse to a dispute isn't violence

What I don't see:

1. P*ssy Hats
2. Anything to do with voting Democrat
3. Anything to do with Socialism
4. Anything to do with weakening the status of men.

I don't see anything advocated there that you wouldn't see being taught for decades in the Boy Scouts, or in Church groups, etc. In fact, I bet I could travel back in time, to the heyday of manly men (you know, the 1950's) and give them the points of above, and they would absolutely agree with them (except maybe respecting women as co-workers, as that's a bit more modern).

So what are you all *****ing and moaning about? Cause if you can honestly say you haven't seen the bad behaviors the video is calling out going on around you, you are either living an extremely sheltered existence, or you are lying and are probably part of the problem.

I mean, when a guy running for President can brag on an open mic about how he can get any woman he wants and just grab them by the genitalia, who has had numerous affairs (including ones with huge payoffs) can get elected President, it would seem to me that a good chunk of our country tacitly condones that type of behavior. And it's not like that's new by any means. Look at Clinton, who was an accused rapist and certainly a sexual harasser. Or how many senators and reps get caught doing similar things.

And people are getting upset that Gillette made a video about toxic masculinity? Jeez.

THIS! I tried to rep, but the Commies got me.

 

[Expat]

 

[jagee]

THIS! I tried to rep, but the Commies got me.

I got him. I agree with Beowulf 100%.

 

[Vigilant]

Shaving only my neck (NO NECKBEARDS!) and cheekbones this time of year (6 days a week), I've been using the same disposable Bic since October. BTW, I haven't used shaving cream or any other type of anything other than water to shave for about 2 years, even when I do not have the beard.

...so Gillette isn't really losing a customer in me.

Hair that soft, you may as well let the kittens lick it off your face!

 

[Kutnupe14]

I got him. I agree with Beowulf 100%.

Thank you! I think the title just inspires a kneejerk reaction. Because like Beowulf hinted at, all those behaviors are things that real men abide.

 

[Vigilant]

Thank you! I think the title just inspires a kneejerk reaction. Because like Beowulf hinted at, all those behaviors are things that real men abide.

But isn’t part of the “problem” using the term “real men”?

 

[HoughMade]

I just watched the video and I read the comments.

I guess I'm confused. Either most of you guys haven't watched the video or you don't actually mean what you say. I know a lot of you get triggered by any new speak, like toxic masculinity, but if you watched the video, you can see what behaviors they were advocating. In the video, we see:

Bad:
- Pack of larger kids chases down and bullying a younger kid
- A kid receiving so-called "cyber-bullying" by being texted hateful things
- Several examples of men groping women or wolf-whistling/cat calling, while other guys laughed
- Older CEO/Boardroom type guy belittling the contribution of the one female employee
- Two kids beating the ever living snot out of each other, while negligent dads barbecue

Good:

- Guy calls out frat-type guys at a pool party for groping at women
- Older guy stepping in between two teenagers who were about to fight and getting them to shake hands
- Friend calls out his buddy for cat-calling a woman on the street
- One of the aforementioned barbequeuing dads stops the two kids from beating each other
- Onlooker stops the pack of kids from hurting the smaller one

So, from those examples, here is what I'm seeing in the ad as being promoted as positive masculinity:

1. Standing up for others, particularly those who are weaker
2. Respecting women, both on the street and as co-workers
3. Teaching children that the first recourse to a dispute isn't violence

What I don't see:

1. P*ssy Hats
2. Anything to do with voting Democrat
3. Anything to do with Socialism
4. Anything to do with weakening the status of men.

I don't see anything advocated there that you wouldn't see being taught for decades in the Boy Scouts, or in Church groups, etc. In fact, I bet I could travel back in time, to the heyday of manly men (you know, the 1950's) and give them the points of above, and they would absolutely agree with them (except maybe respecting women as co-workers, as that's a bit more modern).

So what are you all *****ing and moaning about? Cause if you can honestly say you haven't seen the bad behaviors the video is calling out going on around you, you are either living an extremely sheltered existence, or you are lying and are probably part of the problem.

I mean, when a guy running for President can brag on an open mic about how he can get any woman he wants and just grab them by the genitalia, who has had numerous affairs (including ones with huge payoffs) can get elected President, it would seem to me that a good chunk of our country tacitly condones that type of behavior. And it's not like that's new by any means. Look at Clinton, who was an accused rapist and certainly a sexual harasser. Or how many senators and reps get caught doing similar things.

And people are getting upset that Gillette made a video about toxic masculinity? Jeez.

The problem is what they are assuming about men. They are portraying the bad behavior as the "old-normal", not a mere aberration. It never was normal, but what we get from this is that in 2019, men must now "see the light". Baloney. The overwhelming majority of men were never the problem they portray as common.

 

[Ggreen]

What is wrong with this video?

 

[printcraft]

The problem is what they are assuming about men. They are portraying the bad behavior as the "old-normal", not a mere aberration. It never was normal, but what we get from this is that in 2019, men must now "see the light". Baloney. The overwhelming majority of men were never the problem they portray as common.

 

[Beowulf]

The problem is what they are assuming about men. They are portraying the bad behavior as the "old-normal", not a mere aberration. It never was normal, but what we get from this is that in 2019, men must now "see the light". Baloney. The overwhelming majority of men were never the problem they portray as common.

Are you sure about that? I obviously don't know you or anything about you, but you are telling me that in your entire life, you didn't see lots of examples of these types of behaviors, when you were in school, or in college, at work, or just out and about going about your day?

Because I know I have and I grew up right here in the midwest. I know what I saw in high school in the suburbs of Cincinnati, what I saw when I was at Purdue, what I've seen around Indy, and what my fiancee tells me about the students she works with at IU.

 

[Route 45]

Waiting on another company to expose toxic gun ownership. Enough is enough.

This isn't some benign "calling out" of bad behavior. There is an agenda at play. Too bad some are too busy virtue signalling to see that.