Tucker Carlson: Women Who Pay for Men’s Dinners Are ‘Disgusting’

[SoonerShankle]

149. While it is easy to make fun of Carlson...

...a more disturbing issue arises from his verbal diarrhea--that this kind of misguided, sexist, and borderline misogynistic rant is considered viable on national news channel is beyond the pale (and no, I'm not giving them the "But it's Fox" excuse). Gender issues for both sexes are very real and much more complex than this segment would ever touch. There is no doubt that this segment was intended for the express purpose of perpetuating discriminatory behavior based upon gender.

And while many feel the term "man up" (or "woman up"--yes, I've heard and used it too) may mean that the man is being emasculated, they've got it all wrong. It is a term implying lack of maturity. It says quit being a little boy and act like the mature man that you are. Saying "man up" to a child is inappropriate, but asking an adult to act like an adult is not.

And then the woman in the segment, Ms. Smith, ineptly and half-heartedly tries to integrate machismo into the conversation. Thanks, but no thanks, for the token non-argument.

While I could laugh at Carlson's silly bow-tie, it is his seriously misguided rant about gender roles in our society that only goes to show how far some (ok, how far Fox) will go to legitimize bashing women.