Minions creator on why there are no female minions

Candie wrote: »

Those ads actually insult both genders, in portraying men as inept at household chores, and as those chores as something best left to women, who are apparently born knowing how to clean up.

That's not true. They don't portray those chores as "best left" to women.
Women, in the main, buy those products and that is why those ads are aimed at them.
Which is also why ads for drills and the like are aimed at men.
It's not because advertisement companies think drilling is best left to men.

FortySeven wrote: »

OP is correct, had the comment been reversed there would be holy hell on the internet and it would probably result in boycotts and protests and the usual diatribe of feminism gone wild.

Truth is, men don't care, some women care way too much.

Well that's clearly a lie seeing as men on this very thread have shown they care.
But I agree with them: the equivalent would not be said about women.

These stupid digs at men - why do some idiots think it's a good idea. It's like they want to start a gender war.

Cold War Kid wrote: »

Well that's clearly a lie seeing as men on this very thread have shown they care.
But I agree with them: the equivalent would not be said about women.

These stupid digs at men - why do some idiots think it's a good idea. It's like they want to start a gender war.

I don't think men do actually care, what we get upset about is the listening to the feminists when the shoe is on the other foot.

It's pointing out the difference, not taking offence.

Good grief.

Cold War Kid wrote: »

These stupid digs at men - why do some idiots think it's a good idea. It's like they want to start a gender war.

Because there is an enormous apatite out there for it. Men get patted on the back by society and seen as being progressive when they put down other men (or themselves) and big up women instead. There'll be no consequence for this guy saying this. Nobody will really care and those that do care, will just be seen as whinging. It's going on a long time now and I see no signs of it stopping, if anything, I only see it increasing.

Was at the Ant Man premiere the other night, a good portion of the crowd were 8-12 year olds (as you'd expect) and 15 mins in there was a scene where the female lead is showing Ant Man (Paul Rudd) how to box and so asks him to punch her gloved hand. He does so, but not to her liking and so she punches him right in the face. Now I know it's a comedy but would it be funny of Paul punched her in the face? Of course not. The audience would gasp in shock.

Wouldn't mind of it was 15 cert or something, or even if maybe it was someone Arnold Schwarzenegger's size, then you rationalize to a kid why it's funny, but Paul Rudd is a small enough guy. Another kids film last year I seen had Nicole Kidman motioning that she was going to chop a guy's balls off as she had him hanging upside down, that Paddington Bear film. What I'm trying to say here is, that this a message constantly being sent out that boys and men are dumb and to be violent towards them is funny.

There is just so many mixed messages being sent today regarding equality. I would suggest, dishonest messages in fact. Take the likes of Amy Schumer. She talks about gender equality but yet imagine a guy making this exact speech about a girl he slept with at college and how what do you think society would react to it. Same with Meryl Streep. Everyone seen her visible support for the equality in Hollywood with regards to pay at the Oscars and she of course is celebrated feminist who regularly speaks out against sexism, but yet how does she speak when she's alone in a room full of like minded femenists?