Discussion Main / MenAreTough

Okay, here's a list of tropes I wonder if we should even have here:

• Bros Before Hoes: Men are more reliable friends, so looking out for each other is paramount.

• Disappeared Dad: Dad is never around. He's either dead or has better things to do (in his opinion).
  • Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You: Dad has better things to do than raise a child.
  • Glorified Sperm Donor: He hit it, quit it, now mom's stuck with it.
  • Luke, I Am Your Father: An important character is another important character's dad.
  • Luke, I Might Be Your Father: Or maybe not.
  • Luke, You Are My Father: Or maybe the child knows first.
  • Tell Me About My Father: Children want to know more about the Disappeared Dad.
  • When You Coming Home, Dad?: Dad's gone, and the kids would just like to know when he'll be back.
• Heir Club for Men: Boys are the only worthy heirs. Girls don't count, and are often expendable.
• Manic Pixie Dream Girl: He's grounded, but boring. She's flighty, whimsical and Closer to Earth and is on a mission to spice up his life.
  • Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: A man is the more resilient and stoic partner; the woman is energetic and flighty.
    • A Day in Her Apron: A guy struggles to do womanly chores around the house.
    • Men Can't Keep House: Guys don't know the first thing about keeping a domicile.
  • Parenting the Husband: A woman struggles to keep after her child-like husband.
  • Tim Taylor Technology: A domesticated man thinks power is the solution to everything.
  • Women Are Wiser: Men are merely blunt instruments, while women do all the thinking.
• Men Are Generic, Women Are Special: A man in a fictional role needs some other trait to prove himself worthy of being in that role in some way. For women, merely being female itself is treated as special.
  • Talented Princess, Regular Guy: This trope tends to team up a talented "princess" with a male character who is meant to be an Audience Surrogate, due to his genericness.
• Mother Nature, Father Science: Nature is thought of as maternal and emotional, while science is thought of as paternal and cold.
  • Decoy Damsel: A woman pretends to be a Damsel in Distress to trap the hero.
    • Honey Trap: A woman uses her feminine delicacy (real or feigned) to seduce or endear a man, but only for her own ends.
    • Wounded Gazelle Gambit: A woman feigns injury or weakness to frame someone else (typically a man).
  • Supernatural-Proof Father: Contrast the Haunted Heroine. In a Haunted House setting, the father is usually the most "stable", skeptical, and rational member of the family—to the point of blatantly ignoring the supernatural events around him.
• There Are No Girls on the Internet: Because of the wild, savage and blunt nature of the internet, women are thought to be a rarity.
• The Unfair Sex: Exceptions are made for women, under the assumption that it's safer or more fair for them, that wouldn't be made for men.