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A bit bothered by this...


Early in the movie we hear the babysitter complaining that her BF doesn't respect women and throws him out of the house.
At the end she is talking to this gamer dude who apparently respects her and sends her former BF away, but at the last moment she calls out to him as if she regrets.
Way to go to send a message to girls about staying with guys that don't respect them...


Don't mistake hate speech for free speech. Remember, hate speech kills!

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I don't think Monster House needs to have any feminist overtones

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it just shows that some girls will always go for the bad boys '
thats all.

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Way to go to send a message to girls about staying with guys that don't respect them..


Which is what happens in real life.

The only reason most women pic men who 'respect women' is when they are looking to get married, to settle down.

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Well, you seem to have summoned some third level MRAs. It's worth noticing, but I feel like Zee is a side character. She doesn't believe the kids, is a terrible babysitter, and if this came up while watching with my kids, I'd point out that most of the choices she makes are bad. Feminism will be successful when we stop making every woman a symbol instead of letting us all be individuals. And individuals make bad choices too.

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Why do you think that's a "message"? If anything, it is at best, a observation. Huh? Why you gotta politicize everything? I can already tell what your political leanings are, as if your hatred of free speech wasn't enough to clue you in.

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