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movies from the 30's and 40's are filled with male ego stroking and routine and casual misogyny.
by fsckboy 2y ago
movies from the 30's and 40's are filled with male ego stroking and routine and casual misogyny.
- _yb2s 2y agoTrue but not mutually exclusive with having social finesse, e.g. being “suave.”
- shermantanktop 2y agoExactly.
- shermantanktop 2y agoSure, and racism, and lots of other bad stuff. Doesn’t mean the bar for being a functioning male in society has fallen through the floor since then. My point was that the contrast is striking, not that 1940 was a time we should go back to.