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Wednesday, September 12, 2007 12:00 AM

Women are the new men on TV

Broads are the cops and lawyers and masters of the business universe on the new shows. So what happened to the men?

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  • Wednesday, September 12, 2007 10:25 AM

    The new heterosexual reality??

    I'm somewhat appalled that as part of the new "men are the new women" television season, the shows focus on all the stereotypical negatives of our gender (i.e., women's, for those of you who were home-schooled and don't catch on as quickly).

    In these shows the men-who-are-now-women are are jealous of others' success, not good at backing down when confronted, and manipulative sexually and in the workplace. This makes them women?

    I have always liked men, but with the exception of a small lapse in my twenties, never wanted to live with one. And after hearing about these new shows that supposedly mirror the new heterosexual reality, thank God I discovered at age 25 that I am a lesbian....! And once-cute Billy Baldwin doing a tranvestite? That's just damn SCARY.

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