I suppose this depends on what way you look at it. Sure, pastel and plastic are fine, but one might argue that merely by arranging them into a 'pink aisle' and marketing them to girls, we - as a society - are already forcing young girls to adopt these practices in order to seem normal. Removing this practice would then help to level the playing field. To extend the analogy: sometimes all you can do is treat the symptoms to fight the disease.
Fun fact: 'straw man' actually refers to Medieval public trials, when the person on trial would be required to find witnesses in his favour. 'Straw men' were men who put a straw behind their bootstrap to indicate that they were open to bribery. The person on trial would then call them forward to bear witness in their favour, thus 'distracting' the proceedings away from their guilt. So the straw man fallacy doesn't actually have anything to do with a dummy.
Fun fact: 'straw man' actually refers to Medieval public trials, when the person on trial would be required to find witnesses in his favour. 'Straw men' were men who put a straw behind their bootstrap to indicate that they were open to bribery. The person on trial would then call them forward to bear witness in their favour, thus 'distracting' the proceedings away from their guilt. So the straw man fallacy doesn't actually have anything to do with a dummy.
That's actually quite an offensive way to it. I appreciate that you firmly stand on the side of 'vanity is bad', but plenty of accredited feminists do not. MovieBob's intelligence should not be pulled into question on this point. The main reason why the 'vanity is bad' argument is problematic, is that 'it is OK to have fun'. If wearing make-up makes you happy, you should be allowed to do that, the same way that it's OK for me to play a round of FTL if I get enjoyment out of it. In that same instance, it is progressive to make short shrift of the attitude that 'video games are something for kids'. Even utilitarianism does away with functionality at the moment that it impedes on human happiness.CymbaIine said:Very muddled episode, the main thing I took from it is that Bob has an extremely limited understanding of a very complex issue.