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It IS pretty absurd with the title of this film to have a guy on the cover.


It's embarrassing to have a man define womanhood. I haven't seen this so I can't discuss the content fairly, but as a man, this just makes me uncomfortable.

It kind of underlines a problem with men who are under some impression that they get to speak for women.

Again, not saying that is what the film is about, just discussing the issues with the cover that I can see people legitimately having.

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Thank goodness no one cares what this guy thinks a woman is.

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It’s catering to the left wing fantasy of reality so it’s actually pretty accurate.

It’s ma’am!

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If a woman isn't up to the task or isn't sufficiently motivated, why not a man? Women write about men all the time and have done so for a long while. If your first impression is that Walsh is engaging in "mansplaining," then my advice is for you to eliminate that concern and focus on modern, more genuine problems, if you must.

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I would feel the same way if there was a film that said "What is a Man" and it had a woman on the cover.

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An crucial factor you're neglecting is that Matt Walsh doesn't feel as though anyone should even have to ask this question. It's not a documentary about women's emotions, childbirth, what it's like for women in the workplace, etc. Much of it is a mockumentary designed to expose cynical politicians and foolish/corrupt clinicians and academics. Walsh wouldn't have bothered making the film if the simple, essential biological differences between man and women were still respected and uncorrupted by all the gender blather. So, I don't see a trace of arrogance of, for instance, a man pretending to know what it's like to be a woman on a day-to-day basis. That wasn't the design or motivation.

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I said in my original post that my impression is based off of the cover alone. I said that I don't know what the film is about and can't judge it fairly.

It's just a poor choice for a cover in my opinion.

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Fine by me. We have a different opinion, which people often do in good faith. That's a reality I wish more people would accept gracefully.

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But how do you know he even identifies as a man?

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The same way everyone else does, he looks like a man.

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Ok good, so you got the point of the movie. Congrats!

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I don't care about the point of the movie, the cover sucks.

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Not really.

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It is exactly the message misogynists want to send.
The subject is people who are not what they seem,
so they put a man who is not a real man on the cover,
because a real man doesn't hate women, or femininity.

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It's because men are the ones who wonder about this and think it's for them to discover

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How do you know its a man on the cover and not a MTF trans person?

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Looks like a man to me.

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Looks can be deceiving.

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He's on the cover because he's the guy who made the film. It doesn't seem like that would be difficult to comprehend, but the stupidity of people can never be underestimated.

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