I know that this isn’t groundbreaking news. I just urge everyone to consider what’s so inherently terrible about woman-centric genres. What if you looked at what they have to offer instead of immediately eliminating them as options for what they do poorly? What if you think about what you actually dislike about the qualities associated to the genres you avoid? (Tip: You can do this with “man movies” too.) I’m not claiming to know everything—I have to push myself to step back and think a lot. I just think we could have more fruitful conversations if we stop thinking in Love/Hate, Mine/Yours dichotomies.
Truth: My husband loves Grey’s Anatomy. I know many a man who can quote Gilmore Girls with the best of us. *I* was the one who initially refused to watch either of these shows because they looked too silly and girly and dumb. Boy, was I wrong.