In Search Of Man- a screenplay in 10 acts (first draft)

introduction

i ask dad

how did you do it

he answers

when we got hitched
i laid down the rules

i make the bread
and you make the bed

still married after sixty-five years

i wonder why that won’t work for me

Act 1.

woman asks

why can’t i find a man

where have all the good men gone

Act 2.

pick up artists
plate theory
(keep them spinning)

radical males

alpha males
feeling the backlash

labeled
misogynists
rapists
anti-feminists

Act 3.

boys
raised by women
failing to launch

taught
to be

sensitive
rather than
decisive

gentle
rather than
strong

quiet
rather than
boisterous

vague
rather than
direct

calm
rather than
energetic

cooperative
rather than
competitive

encouraged
to be more like
women

Act 4.

beta males
criticized
for not being
manly

disagreement
equals
accusations
of patriarchy

withdrawal
equals
accusations
of wimpiness

criticized for not communicating
and
shouted down when he speaks

Act 5.

as equality
is carried from work
into the home

gender
and
role identities blur

Act 6.

society asks
who wears the pants

Act 7.

men are
taking the red pill

going their own way

forgoing
wife
home
offspring

for freedom

to be
a man

Act 8.

female supremacy
masked as
equality

woman
says

who needs men

feminism
eclipsing
femininity

Act 9.

woman
asks

why can’t i find a man

where have all the good men gone

Act 10.

the answer

they are
somewhere in there

lost
in the manosphere

THE END

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