Masculinity in crisis, yawn!

Seventies Man is back, we are told. The new drama series Life On Mars will take us back to the 1970's where men were 'men', meaning boorish sexist, racist, alcoholic and chain smokers. How delightful. The article suggests that the makers of the show did not have a problem with the sexism because "we've overcome that". Maybe on Mars, certainly not here. If we've overcome that, why has the consumption of pornography increased drastically? Why have 'lads' mags' made their appearance relatively recently? Why are women still being paid far less than men (18% for full-time work and 40% in part time work)? And why are men attracted by 1970's masculinity? Rather than the 'heroic rebel', the seventies man is affected by the Peter Pan complex, he's a child who is afraid to grow up and take responsibility. Nostalgia signals insecurity and lack of vision. Masculinity is in crisis, but looking back will not help.