Re: AFL Rd 10 2023 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
Reply #155 –
I just read an article from 7 news about Ginnivan and Johnson being sent home with a bit of "man flu".
Given all the other PC jargon floating around what do we think about the term man flu? Personally I think it'd a way of saying that men shouldn't show weakness of any form unless they're dieing and taking the micky out of any male who is under the weather. This is a bit of a problem in the context of modern society where respect is supposed to flow both ways. Only the person is ill knows how they feel and if they are feeling crook labelling it man flu is a way of minimising it and telling them they should be soldiering on.
Personally I've associated it with being called a wuss and generally a way of society not accepting vulnerability from males.
A bit of a faux par in context of modern society that continues to bubble away with scant regard.