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September 15th, 2010 | 
Author:
Bob Maistros
TV commercial scene . . . a hot-looking female bartender serving young male customer:
“When you’re ready to take off your skirt, I’ll serve you a real light beer.
“Of course, I understand why you’re feeling a little emasculated. There’s about a one in four chance that you were raised by a single mother. Three-quarters of your teachers were women, even though studies show boys learn better from men. Your schools were set up for girls to succeed – you were more likely to be medicated than motivated.
Man up? What for?
“It’s no wonder that you were probably outnumbered 3 to 2 by women on your college campus – not to mention that for the first time ever, more women are earning doctoral degrees than men.
“The recession has hit men harder than women, and we’re gaining on you in nearly every profession. As younger man, for the first time your girlfriend is probably earning more than you, making your prospects for marriage bleak. If you do get married, you’ll find her making many if not most of the household’s economic decisions. And once you do progress in the workforce, you will likely be passed over for promotions in favor of women thanks to affirmative action.
“Not to mention that politically, this is the Year of the Woman. Women are winning high-profile nominations, and the biggest kingmaker – or should I say queenmaker? – is a ‘mama grizzly.’ America’s most powerful woman, the one who pushed healthcare reform through when no one gave her a chance, is the female Speaker of the House.
The Secretary who will oversee the humongous healthcare bureaucracy and promulgate the bill’s voluminous regulations is – yeah – a woman.
“And when Time magazine featured the ‘New Sheriffs of Wall Street’ – all female – in a cover story, it quoted none other than the Treasury Secretary of the United States suggesting that we will do a better job running the economy.
“Not to mention that you’re bombarded from Hollywood by the message that you aren’t really necessary. Women can have and raise children without you. All in all, it looks like your future is to be little more than a sperm bank.
“So maybe it’s a little unfair to expect you to ‘man up’ when the rest of the world is telling you to cower, grovel and submit. I should cut you a break. Do you want that real beer now?”
“Nah. At this point, I’m thinking I probably need at least two.”
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