shortbread: The "Good Catholic Husbands" and the "Catholic Ryan Gosling" tumblrs offend me just a little bit.

stine-key:

leanunachriost:

mellymodolls:

leanunachriost:

Okay.

They offend me a lot.

They make presumptions about what a Catholic man “should be” and are just as bad as anyone saying that a Catholic woman “should be” a certain way.

They place unrealistic expectations…

Just everything about this. I already hated the “Hey Girl” meme (with the occasional exception of feministryangosling). This is just ruining Ryan Gosling for me.

Also, not only do these promote “unrealistic” expectations, but as shortbread basically pointed out, they are elevating AWFUL things to unrealistically “great” status. Like, yeah, the original meme might have encouraged the unrealistic expectation that I could get a back rub from Ryan Gosling, but this is encouraging women to want a father replacement in the form of a husband. Gross.

Notes

  1. mellymodolls reblogged this from brangelo and added:
    Also, that last comment. Look, I really don’t take issues with you personally, really. I will defend my posts/points to...
  2. leanunachriost reblogged this from sweetandlovelygirl7 and added:
    I not only have a right, I have an obligation to ask her to stop making them. And you can’t use the freedom of speech...
  3. sweetandlovelygirl7 reblogged this from leanunachriost and added:
    You also have no right to tell her to stop making them. This is the internet; we have freedom of speech. If you’re...
  4. lilacturtl reblogged this from awkwardbutaccurate and added:
    Agreed. Also, whenever some dude is elevated to the status of “the guy who all women love, obviously, because he’s so...
  5. nikosnature reblogged this from mellymodolls and added:
    I’ve actually gotten quite a kick out of them. I honestly can’t comprehend how they could be offensive. If he has such a...
  6. awkwardbutaccurate reblogged this from shortbreadsh and added:
    Just everything about this....already hated the “Hey Girl”
  7. stine-key reblogged this from leanunachriost and added:
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ In which Mickey is fantastic. The Addams Family applauds his proper use of Catholic Feminism as I define...
  8. getmetoanunnery said: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!
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