Jo works at a garage with her boyfriend. She gets a promotion and ends up as his boss. He gets upset by that.
In another forward episode, we have an example of fragile masculinity. Jo and Doug are all lovey-dovey until Jo gets a promotion making her his boss. Then Doug gets, angry and barely speaks to Jo. Blair gives Jo some advice such as letting him think he's the boss. Jo tries this but goes overboard acting ditzy and helpless. Even Blair objects saying it's too much. Anyway, because Jo is going through her act and giving Doug a job she was supposed to do, her boss then demotes her. Doug all of a sudden is peachy keen with Jo again.
Doug is a jerk that can't handle having a female boss. Especially a boss that definitely knows her stuff better than him. One could try and argue he was upset he didn't get the promotion since he worked there longer than Jo. But the instant after Jo is demoted he flip flops indicating it's not that. I mean the guy couldn't even be happy for Jo and congratulate her or anything. I can only imagine if they had gotten married. He probably wouldn't want her to have a career/job, and want her home barefoot and pregnant keeping house and cooking meals.
Anyway, I thought this was a good example of the term we hear a lot nowadays, "fragile masculinity" or "masculine fragility." I'm glad she dumped him and told him off by telling him as a fact that the bike he was working on, the problem was the timing coils and not the carburetor as he kept insisting it was. Jo deserves better. She deserves someone that appreciates her and who will cheer all her achievements. 8/10.
In another forward episode, we have an example of fragile masculinity. Jo and Doug are all lovey-dovey until Jo gets a promotion making her his boss. Then Doug gets, angry and barely speaks to Jo. Blair gives Jo some advice such as letting him think he's the boss. Jo tries this but goes overboard acting ditzy and helpless. Even Blair objects saying it's too much. Anyway, because Jo is going through her act and giving Doug a job she was supposed to do, her boss then demotes her. Doug all of a sudden is peachy keen with Jo again.
Doug is a jerk that can't handle having a female boss. Especially a boss that definitely knows her stuff better than him. One could try and argue he was upset he didn't get the promotion since he worked there longer than Jo. But the instant after Jo is demoted he flip flops indicating it's not that. I mean the guy couldn't even be happy for Jo and congratulate her or anything. I can only imagine if they had gotten married. He probably wouldn't want her to have a career/job, and want her home barefoot and pregnant keeping house and cooking meals.
Anyway, I thought this was a good example of the term we hear a lot nowadays, "fragile masculinity" or "masculine fragility." I'm glad she dumped him and told him off by telling him as a fact that the bike he was working on, the problem was the timing coils and not the carburetor as he kept insisting it was. Jo deserves better. She deserves someone that appreciates her and who will cheer all her achievements. 8/10.
