Deeje points to Dad Gets the Bimbo Treatment in Verizon Ads and asks:
> I’ve noticed this [trend] as well, and it really [ticks] me off. I know there are a few dads reading this… what do you think?
Me too. It’s easy to say “So what, men have the all power anyway”; but I have an impressionable five-year-old daughter, and I want her to grow up thinking that *both* her parents are smart and deserve respect. (Probably the answer is less TV; but still…)