Quote From: jaxxxxxxThe entire premis of this show bothers me and bothers me a lot. I'll try to explain why.
The Dr Phil show already has a serious problem with anti-male sexism: Misandry is the technical term. Ramping up a serious problem by cherry picking topics is a danger to all viewers. It distorts and twists the already twisted gender based views of a good many people. Look at the posts here, before the show even airs there is significant misandry.
There are men like this. No one disputes that! All of society is quite aware of these men. There are women who are every bit as bad. Few know about them and many (maybe most) support a woman's right to be a bigot as long as her contempt is aimed soley at men.
In our society, a woman's right to behave as badly as she wants reigns supreme, (as long as the bad behavior is aimed only at men). That is a problem and a problem which is getting worse rapidly. This show, rather than helping a women, will hurt innocent men. BET ON IT! Bet everything you own and everything you ever will own on these concepts hurting children and innocent men.
It's a real pity you women cannot hear what so many men are saying in private conversations. To a great many men, you are uncaring, rude, arogant, narscists. THAT I'S A PROBLEM! That is a bigger problem than the one on the show. That is a problem which needs to be addressed and one which should never be made worse.
You do not want men feeling bad about women. Such feelings are bad for the man, bad for all children and bad for you too.
Therein lies my complaint and my problem.
I'm aware as can be that most of you disagree or do not see the problem. Again, that is in and of itself a problem. A problem which exists and cannot be worked on festers and gets worse. Our society has a serious contempt for men problem every bit as much as the Dr Phil Show does. Every effort should be taken not to make a severe problem worse.
100% agree, I hate the way our society has made men guilty before proven innocent syndrome. It's perfectly acceptable to see a woman slap a man on TV/Movie or say "men are pigs" etc....how would women feel if we referred to all women as "B's". Another thing I hate the same act by a woman is referred to as strong, independant, confident where the same actions by a man are labeled committment phobic, controlling. Also notice on Dr Phil's shows when the man is the jerk he acts very serious and is very tough on the man(rightfully so) but when it's the woman he's smiling laughing and doesn't act as tough on her. Just like the show the other day Phil asked what the husband did to contribute the the negative aspects of the marriage, several times. However Phil didn't once ask the wife the same question just saying he'd have Robin have her hormones tested or whatever.