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I am unperturbed by this whole kick-ass woman power trip that television and movies promote, except to say that these mechanisms are as boring as all get-out. I am secure in my masculinity and refuse to knuckle under to the sad pretentions that the lobotomy box assumes in shaping cultural policy. Anyone who draws such a wonderful sense of empowerment from this and can actually exult in women finally kicking men's asses merely illustrate how low a character they possess. It's all pretend, people...stop getting your panties in a bunch in either direction. If you let your masculinity be defined by a bunch of third-rate writers, you have some serious problems other than being depicted as weak. The only power anyone has to denigrate you is the power you give them. Turn off the TV, and do what men have always done...pick up a book, learn, teach, and stop letting the opinions of ignorants define you.
