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Step 1
Anyone who has studied feminism has learned about the theory of "symbolic annihilation". This refers to the symbolic degradation, marginalization, and subjugation of any class, specifically women as per feminist theory.
Today this is far from the case and if one trolls the internet you may find a growing number of angry men who feel, rightfully so, quite violated. -
Step 2
It is no secret that society is vastly different than it was even 5 years ago. It is also no secret that gender roles have seen a massive shift during the last century and beginning of this century. What many people may not realize, and many are ironically the feminists that once fought for women's rights, is that the male role has been increasingly used as a whipping post in the media. Whether it is the role of the idiot, the object of violence (usually some type of genital trauma) or just aloof and stupid, the male image has been increasingly the butt of all jokes.
Nowhere has the shift occurred more rapidly and more profoundly than in the symbolic emasculation of men in tv and movies. -
Step 3
While female nudity is increasingly less frequent thanks in part to very vocal opposition by some feminists, male nudity has reached new heights of graphic and degrading imagery the likes of which have never been and will likely never be seen outside of pornography with regard to the female body. We have somehow perverted feminism enough that in our vocal rage against symbolic annihilation we have allowed a very ugly and very reactionary new phenomenon which I dub symbolic emasculation. Whether it is PG-13 movies which show full frontal male genital nudity, or the very graphic display of erect male sex organs and a urethra in Bruno, or the plethora of tv series on HBO and other cable stations, movies or even language on regular tv or advertising, we have come full circle. While female genitals in ANY form are given the dreaded NC-17 rating, male genitals, even in graphic scenes, are at worst granted an R rating.
The phenomenon of symbolic emasculation has gone even further on tv. Advertising constantly bombards boys with images of stupid men that need to be shown by women how to do anything. Vulgarities which are allowed even well before 9pm typically are comprised of slang which refer to male genitals. Young boys are taught through the almost indoctrinating advertising of ED medications such as Viagra and **** that when they get old their value is their genitals functioning at any cost, even their health. If they stay up past 11pm they may even learn that "Men of all ages have tried and love Extenze". Clearly when they read their email they are reminded almost constantly that they may want to enlarge their sex organs as well. There is no limit as to what can be shown and said of males. Unfortunately males do not complain, it is against their gender definition.
