Why do men think that women have it better/easier in life?

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I think it's because that's the image they see on tv. People seem to be subconsciously trained to perceive tv as if it were real life.

Even if they technically know tv isn't real, their subconscious still influences them to respond as if it were real.

It makes me think about how, one of the non-entertainment functions of film is to provide training videos. A training video, for a job, task or education, might portray a potential real life situation. So the viewer must connect film with real life in this case.

But people seem to connect that to viewing fictional film as a representation of real life, too. They learn how they view the world, by the world they see on tv.

I think people also learn a lot of their behaviors and mannerisms by mimicking tv characters too. It's like learning an accent. That's why some people appear different or awkward - they're not as good at or interested in mimicking tv characters.

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In addition, I think that’s why so many people say sexism doesn’t exist anymore. A lot of situations seem close to equal, on the tv shows and movies they watch. It’d be ideal if it were really like that in real life, but it’s an awful error for people to assume it IS like that when it’s not. Several female characters appear to be empowered, happy, and/or glamourized. The violence they face appears exciting.

Then there’s the trope of women having some hypnotic sexual power over men. Which makes real life people think that women have just as much power in society.

And the stereotype of men being extra chivalrous, treating a woman extra special and giving her flowers etc. That makes real life people scold that women in real life unfairly get special treatment, and that ladies annoyingly think they’re *so special *, vainly expecting to be treated like princesses.