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The descent of man? Greatly exaggerated

I appreciate Debra Goldman’s concern for my gender, but her defense of us [“The Male Ego Takes a Beating,” March 3] rests on assumptions that are fallacious, cockamamie and bollocks.

“Dumb Dad” is the laughingstock of every other sitcom precisely because he is the power figure. Head of organization equals butt of joke. It’s a comedy convention that predates Chaucer and has evidently outlived feminism. Of course, feminists (and other killjoys) have deprived writers of the laughs they once got from perpetuating stereotypes.



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