I also hear and read all the diatribes against feminism and the argument that feminists hate men and that the issues feminists addressed decades ago no longer exist. One issue has to do with labor equity, (and I don’t mean here equal pay for equal work outside of the home, although this is an issue, as women are still payed considerably less than men are for the same kind of work). What I mean here is the distribution of domestic work and how persistently women are placed by, and perceived through, popular media as the cleaners, cooks and Dr. Mom’s. (Have you heard of Dr. Dad?) How many ads, for instance, feature men cleaning toilets, scrubbing floors, vacuuming carpets, serving meals? Not many (if any). How many ads show men taking care of women and children when they are ill? Hmmmm. Let’s think. None! Most ads for health aids show women caring for their husbands and children, as if they themselves could not (should not) get sick. Or, in the case of some ads, husbands and children wreak havoc ion the house when a woman is too sick to care for them (this scenario is meant to be funny.) And show me one Sensodyne commercial where a woman has a toothache and a man comes to her rescue with the product. It’s always the other way around. Women are not supposed to get sick, or if they do they are usually shown miraculously overcoming their own afflictions in order to take care of their sick husband and children. And then we have the whole slate of reality shows in which a cadre of beautiful women (“girls”) cut each others throats and whine and cry as they compete with each other for one man. (“boy?” I think not.) This is not just silly, trifling stuff, but venues for keeping women in their “place.” I mention all of this in response particularly to those who post on this site celebrating their “anti-feminism,” and those who claim that feminism is dead because there is no longer any need for it. I really admire Hugo. He as a lot of courage and integrity to state his enlightened views the way he does. Thissite is a pure breath of fresh air.