Now this may just be me, but I fail to see where you have allowed reality to enter into your words, Zoeey Deschanel is an actress and as such plays characters shown only in a way that the producers and directors of the films she is in want. what we the adoring fanboys see is what we dream for, and personally I am not so far removed from real life that i can’t separate what I see for two hours on a screen, what I wish for in my head and what exists in reality. There is a reason dreams never come true, because we fanboys all know that if we were to date any of Zooey Deschanel’s characters they’d be empty and our relationship would probably not even last the duration of the film. Zooey Deschanel is a wonderful actress, although suited only to a narrow character type, but I live my life off the silver screen, let’s not forget that a fantasy is just that, fantasy.

“Men like pretty women. Some men even like a pretty woman with a personality. Zooey is a pretty woman with a great personality, so some guys like her”

Its unclear, full of assumptions, it weakens my point and is generally useless. I typed it while I was angry. Please disregard that section of my first comment. Thanks.

I didn’t feel the need to “break it down.” The original post discusses Zooey Deschanel as a public figure. My first comment was meant to be read in that context.

And I never called anyone’s opinion wrong, I simply voiced my own perspective. I didn’t say that you are all offended by masculine men, either. Here’s what I was trying to say: I think those of you who are responding to my first comment are being intolerant of a certain, allegedly asshatish, gender style of communication.

@ baraqiel

I’m not rating anyone’s manliness. I’m talking about gender styles in communication.

@ anyone who reads the comments I’ve posted

I’m a pro-feminist man, but I don’t like it when feminism–a respectable movement, one of critical importance to our society–is used as a “front” for misandry.

Anyway, I’m done with the Zooey Deschanel thing, unless someone genuinely wants me to clarify something I’ve written. I don’t want to be enemies with anyone on here. If I could go back in time, I would definitely rephrase my first comment… make it sound less attacking.

Having said that, I do think that the author of this post is attacking men just for being men, and that’s not fair. It’s pointless and hateful. It’s same thing as misogyny– something which feminists have worked hard to combat. My position is this: don’t undermine the achievements of the feminist movement by dressing misandry up as feminism.

Still, I think that, overall, this is a good site. I respect the author’s opinion, as she is undoubtedly correct in her assessment of some of Mrs. Deschanel’s fans, and her freedom to express her opinions.

And, regarding anything I’ve written, we can, in good conscience, agree to disagree.

NOW you break it down. On your first comment you had said she has a lovely personality. What you present to a camera in segments aired on tv is mighty different than when someone knows you. I’m sure her personality is lovely like anyone’s would be who depends on fan support for income.

I accept and appreciate your point of view as much as I get a chuckle
out of it. I actually have no strong opinion on this actress because frankly I don’t really watch her works. I do hold a problem when the idea of the thread is shat on and the tone you took when you let us know that we are all apparently offended by “masculine” men or whatever. Thanks for explaining to us how we are wrong in our OPINIONS.

And I understand men have a particular speech they use that is accepted among men. Hurra for yall. You are on a predominantly feminist site. You know what the form of communication is here.

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. I’ll tell my boyfriend that his communication style, which he likes to call “not being an asshat”, is insufficiently masculine.

But, you see, I haven’t “mansplained” anything, Ocean_Breeze. You’re being intolerant of the communication style, which happens to be masculine, that I used for my above comment. Evidently, you find the (traditional) male communication style offensive. You may even find it an invalid communication style. Well, that’s part of the point I was trying to make before: some people in this world are male and/or masculine. Since we all have to live together, we may as well learn to be tolerant (and, hopefully, understanding) of each other, in spite of our differences.

I do respect the opinions of the original poster, and of all of those who’ve left comments. I’m aware of the kind of comments I’ll be getting for everything I’ve just said. Oh well, the Internet is no place for a civil discussion.

Have you actually met this actress and can verify that she indeed has a great personality? I don’t think you can. So that’s your opinion and I will respect it which is more than I think you’ve done for the opinions or the people who have posted on this thread. You have no clue as to the gender of this audience. Not all of the people who post here are women.

So please save your assumption and keep it to yourself or kindly shove it. If you don’t agree with the opinion than there are many different ways to let us know without mansplaining this.

Jussayin.