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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
Yes I really do believe it does. Forget about those record-breaking box office numbers for Marvel and comic book movies. Musicians are viewed differently. The whole idea that men acting violent towards other men doesn't get any attention is wrong. I love Ramos Hip Hop culture example because it's a perfect example as to the media going crazy over men and violence and such.
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I disagree, and I don't see any strong argument for why violence from women is criticized less seriously than violence from men. If anything, there is basically a void of authentic women-driven violence, since virtually all instances are sexualized or aesthetically playful--Bad Blood, BBHMM, Mean Girls: maybe that's why it seems they are taken less seriously?
Still, almost no one bats an eye at man-on-man violence in any medium, books, movies, video games, etc. An interesting case in point is "Fight Club," which was praised by some for validating and embracing aspects of masculinity (Paluhniuk himself championed this). The fact that fighting is considered a masculine act is telling.
