“So what do you think about the Russell Brand thing?” appears to be the new chat up line.
That’s what I think I’m hearing anyway. Young men try to convince young women that they don’t believe it. “It’s mainstream media.” “They’ve got it in for him.” “Yeah, he was a bit - you know - but it was the time.” And the young women look at them, doe-eyed and say, “Oh yes. It was different then.”
Was it, though?
This past wasn’t so long ago and I remember. In fact if you are over18 you probably remember.
Most men were decent, respectful people. Except that they refused to believe that some men were monsters. Most women didn’t want to be treated badly but they refused to believe that a man who was awful to other women would be mean to them.
We put the outliers on TV. Those whose behaviour was so shocking it made us uncomfortable enough to try to laugh it off.
Nothing has changed. Nothing will change until we stop pretending times have changed, know that some bad men exist and stop rewarding those because it’s easier than admitting what they are really like.
So, girls, if you are presented with this chat up line then the only truly sexy man is the one that knows the comedian, who I wasn’t going to write about, for what he is; shockingly awful enough to be entertaining from a distance but not someone you should want in your real life.
Real men collaborate.
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