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Don Draper: The Most Influential Fake Man of 2009

TV post by Kelsey Wallace, October 7, 2009 - 8:26pm; tagged askmen.com, Don Draper, influence, Mad Men, masculinity, media critique, sexism.

Yesterday, my bf emailed me an article from the consistently obnoxious and terrible men's site askmen.com. Apparently, the hard-hitting journalists working over there were interested in determining the Most Influential Man of 2009, and the winner (chosen through a reader poll) was Mad Men's fictional philanderer Don Draper. You know, because television characters should really be the most influential people in our lives.

At any rate, my beau found the news of Draper winning this award even more ridiculous and upsetting than I did, so I asked him to write a brief response to the article from The Male Perspective. Read it after the jump!

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Mad Science

Deconstructing Bunk Reporting in 5 Easy Steps

Article by Beth Skwarecki, Illustrated by Meg Hunt, appeared in issue Wired; published in 2008; filed under Social commentary; tagged biological determinism, gender, gender roles, mainstream media, media, media critique, media sexism, science, stereotypes.

British scientists have uncovered the truth behind one of modern culture’s greatest mysteries: why little girls play with pink toys. Is it because toy companies flood whole store aisles with the color? Or because well-meaning relatives shower girl babies with pink blankets and clothing? Nope. According to the men in lab coats, it’s purely biological.

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Of Kegels, Kotex, and Kate Moss

A Look at February's Women's Glossies

Allure

Irony of the month: While the Editor’s Letter says, “Shut up and eat,” and bemoans the fact that women are always “self-surveilling” their caloric intake, the mag gives information about: “Aromatrim” products (you smell them and they make you eat less); a new diet pill; “liposhaving” (you can guess what that is).

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Sassy Responds

Not to Us, Of Course...

Article by Lisa Jervis, appeared in issue Issue #2; published in 1996; filed under Social commentary; tagged magazines, mainstream, media, media critique, misogyny, sassy, stereotypes, teens.

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but to other perceptive and right-on readers who are as upset as we are about the changes. And guess what?
The editors are defensive as hell.

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