What could be manlier than an irrational hatred of dark leafies? A steady diet of beer and prepackaged fatty foods, that’s what! Nothing says “macho” like high cholesterol, diabetes and heart disease. Watch and cringe:
Just shows to go ya, not even menfolk are immune to the detrimental effects of the patriarchy. I’m sure either one of my vegetarian/vegan brothers could tell you a story or two (or six) of having their manly street cred called into question due to their love of fruits, vegetables and whole grains.
is the conclusion based solely on data derived from this commercial?
gosh, men are soooooo stupid.
I think you misunderstand. I'm not calling men stupid, I'm calling marketing campaigns that enforce harmful gender binaries and are detrimental to people's health, be they geared toward men or women, stupid.
No salad! Yep, the patriarchy grinds almost everyone under the ol' bootheel. Only rich white guys get away from it, if they can. Redistribute!
I think I understand. I suppose I should have been more specific; I disagree with the conclusive statement that these commercials, and others like them, have truly created a situation where one's manliness and "street cred" are at risk when making certain dietary decisions. Presupposing that seems risky, and inaccurate. Leading your vegetarian brother to the belief that his food choices will alienate him from his own gender is the problem.
You're right, the commercials are a symptom and not a cause of a society that mandates a set of gender-based criteria to which each of us must conform. Little choices we make – from the way we cut our hair and the way we sit to what we choose to eat – DO have an impact on how we're perceived by others, whether it's manly street cred or womanly street cred.And perhaps being a vegetarian adult male in Portland Oregon in 2011 won't lead to one getting one's manliness questioned – it is, after all, the hipster capital of the world. But when I was a vegetarian in rural Southern Oregon, I had meat violently shoved in my face almost daily. For my older brother, who grew up in the sketchier parts of the Bay Area, being a vegan was just one of a many characteristics (long hair, being really tall) that got him into all kinds of trouble from his fellow menfolk. I have a lot of male friends who were called "pussy" and worse for not eating meat.
how about beer and salad? Is that a compromise?
Hey…I like vegetables. And all that other stuff…
Too funny.. my husband only eats vegetables.
Brian: Me too. Don't worry, that doesn't make you less of a manly man to me, only to Miller's marketing department.Lyndon: That sounds like dinner!JoAnna: Awesome! He should tell me his secret, because the only way I can eat vegetables is with butter or ranch dressing.
I eat like a rabbit and fuck like one too.
I'm skerred.
Beer and salad *great combination* ^^
My boyfriend doesn't really like beer, but he eats "dark leafies" almost every day. I suppose he's also a Taiwanese guy who has never been corrupted by USA culture.
Yep, the salad is your veggie, the beer is your carb. It's the perfect meal! In fact, maybe Miller should start marketing it…
Captha is "mater." How about that!
Hear hear for randomly-generated Latin!
My favorite vegetables are the preprocessed ones. Processed into beef, chicken, calamine lotion. Whatever. But in their unnatural (ie. raw) form, that's just wrong. Give me BACON in ICE CREAM topped with LOTS OF FAT…yum!
That Anon was me, Aoirthoir.