True or false?

[ElboRuum]

31. I doubt that.

I find that sexist comments against men seem a bit more prevalent these days, at least in my own experience. It's still the okay sexism. The fact is that the only reason why it's okay is because men don't seem to get particularly outraged about it. It's all in good fun you know, or so I've been told at least.

What if it isn't fun, after all? What if the only reason men keep from outrage on this is because they'll predictably be told they're being too sensitive and should "man up?" What if being portrayed in the media culture as oafish, witless, yet lovable (?) dolts really DOES affect how women see them in real life? What if there is a growing sense that women are buying the trope to varying degrees? What if this isn't as harmless as those who would deny that sexism is even POSSIBLE toward men want to claim?

Has anyone considered this, or are we just content to enable hypocrisy so long as the cause is presumed just by some?