Culture is decided by the women.
Follow me here for a moment. Given the presumption that we evolved from a hunter-gatherer culture, it was the people who stayed home working with the meats and vegetables that spent their hours on social interaction. The first trends were born from that group of people who spent much time sharing and creating culture as they decided what the daily lives of people would look like. This trend worked its way up into the offices of ad execs and book publishers who decided that women were the key to product sales, and female protagonists were the primary protagonists for k-6 learning. Junie B Jones and her ilk are a staple of booklists throughout Arizona.
This is not a bad thing. Science tells us that females mature faster, which my wifey is quick to point out that women make better choices. I’m not going to argue that–not if I want the privilege of sleeping in my own bed.
Today it is really the female demographic that drives media culture while men are relegated to a few hours of prime time programming. I love my guy shows and my one guy channel, but the media belongs to the ladies.
Some Thoughts:
- Mistresses… grrr. I love the drama there, but man these women make some stupid choices. I’m speaking of Yunjin Kim’s character specifically. Beyond dumb decision making ability there. I mean who sleeps with their client, prescribes him the meds that kill him, and then wind up ‘having a moment’ with his kid? B-AN-AN-AS
- BTW, that show is starting to fade a bit. The drama is evolving slowly and perhaps too slowly on many fronts. I get the build up, but there is no promise of a solid payoff.