The Male Bashing Stereotype Summary

While reading “The Male Bashing Stereotype” by Kimberly Graham I felt confused and almost embarrassed for her as well as the men she was ridiculing. Being Ms. Graham is a feminist, as she stated, I would think she would be more positive. Instead she goes off on a tangent of being rude and degrading to men and their behaviors. I know what I want from a man, however, I don’t need to bash men in the process of recognizing this. Ms. Graham states she wants a man who has “respect for the human race”, if she is looking for this in a man then she should pose respect as well. The only man she is going to set herself up to meet is someone who is degrading like herself. Where you meet, who you meet and what type of man you want to meet is all up to that individual to decide. She is giving no hope to singles and the dating world. I am a firm believer that who you are is what you attract.
“I do not desire any man who proudly and continuously examines just how many decibels his next belch can create… so he drank sixteen cases of Ballantine …show more content…
Graham did say “I do not want to dwell on the above descriptions because, as a feminist, my imagination concerning the various mutant abnormalities of the male species may… how can I say it subtle… run rampant through the hellish field of sarcastic literary discourse,” which leads me to believe, yes she has encountered such men she discussed in her writing, however, she has blown the situations a bit out of proportion to get her point across about what she does not want out of a man. In doing this she has been disrespectful, and has made herself sound cynical and angry towards men and the dating world. If she is looking to find a man that she described she wants, one with “compassion, sense of humor, intelligence, sense of equality toward women, respect for the human race,” then she needs tone it down and steer away from coming across so angry and disrespectful. Attracting someone will only come by who she is not by who men