While watching Doofy Hustbands: Target Women I found that while watching the commercials they were showing "husbands" doing things that are usually known as "wife" things. In these commercials it showed the husband doing things that usually the wife would be doing, and doing them wrong or screwing up. For example, in the first commercial it shows the husband trying to make breakfast for the family, and not being able to "do stuff" as the speaker says in the video. She explains that the husbands were so cool before they were married, and then when you get married he is "dumber than a dog". For example, in the orville redenbachers commercial it shows the husband driving the motor home. As soon as he smells the popcorn he stops what he is doing, and comes for the popcorn. Well, he was driving a car. I found Haskins humorous, but a little offensive.
After watching the second video, Tropes vs. Women #1 The Manic Pixie Dream Girl, it displays several examples of tropes. In this video the speaker is talking about a "manic pixie dream girl" a term coined by Nathan Rabin. A clip that stood out to me is in the movie Elizabeth Town, when Drew meets Claire on the plane. He seems to show no interest in her, but she seems to be chasing him. Or, I guess as the speaker in the video calls her a manic pixie dream girl. In another example, the movie Garden State Jen Gardner plays the queen in manic pixie characters. She seems to use her charm and childish play to get the man. The manic pixie dream girl does exist I think, but that's not to say that every woman is a manic pixie. I believe the speaker takes it a little too far, because it is just hollywood they write what people are generally attracted to.
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