Christian Advice- from Cosmo Magazine!

Wow, props to Cosmo for posting this appropriate, clean article on "The Badmouthing Habit That Could Ruin Your Relationship." The principles included in this article are also found in leading Christian marriage books and the like. It's refreshing to find this in the public media, especially in a magazine like Cosmo. I've copied the article here, but you can also view the link: The Badmouthing Habit That Could Ruin Your Relationship

p.s.- I am not suggesting you start reading Cosmo! I only found the article online because I was googling "man bashing."

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Here at Cosmo, it's no secret that we love men...and we know you do, too. But despite that fact, lately, more and more women seem to have developed a nasty little habit of taking potshots at men—albeit ones that are often disguised as "harmless" jokes.

"In the past few years, it has become widely acceptable in our culture for women to express publicly their dissatisfaction with men," explains Lionel Tiger, PhD, professor of anthropology at Rutgers University and author of The Decline of Males.

Not buying it? Consider this: From sitcoms about oafish husbands to hit songs about cheating boyfriends, men are frequently portrayed as stupid, sex-crazed, or victimizers, says Katherine K. Young, PhD, co-author of Legalizing Misandry. The danger is, negative images that start out in the media have a funny way of working themselves into everyday life, and they can erode your relationship with your man...or a potential suitor.


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Taking jabs at men is so habitual, many chicks don't even notice when they're doing it because it seeps out in insidious ways. For instance, in the early dating stages, you may think you're complimenting a man by gushing that he's sooo not like the jerks and losers you've dated in the past, but you're actually broadcasting that, for the most part, you think dudes suck.

"When you try to make a guy feel special by insulting other men, he's wondering how long it will be before you start making those disparaging assumptions about him," explains licensed marriage and family therapist Seana McGee, co-author of The New Couple. Instead of being excited about getting to know you better, he may wind up feeling defensive before the second date.

Male Bashing on TV

This post was copied from www.popmatters.com and was written by Michael Abernethy.


Warning for our male readers: The following article contains big words and complex sentences. It might be a good idea to have a woman nearby to explain it to you.

It’s been a hard day. Your assistant at work is out with the flu and there is another deadline fast approaching. Your wife is at a business conference, so you have to pick up your son at daycare, make dinner, clean the kitchen, do a load of laundry, and get Junior to bed before you can settle down on the sofa with those reports you still need to go over.

Perhaps a little comedy will make the work more bearable, you think, so you turn on CBS’s Monday night comedies: King of Queens, Yes, Dear, Everybody Loves Raymond, and Still Standing. Over the next two hours, you see four male lead characters who are nothing like you. These men are selfish and lazy, inconsiderate husbands and poor parents.

And the commercials in between aren’t any better. Among them: A feminine hygiene ad: Two women are traveling down a lovely country road, laughing and having a great time. But wait. One of them needs to check the freshness of her mini-pad, and, apparently, the next rest area is six states away. A woman’s voice-over interjects, “It’s obvious that the interstate system was designed by men.”