Knocked Up was a dissection of how many men feel about their place in the post feminist world and not intended to provide anything else. Ask yourself this question: Does the film accurately represent the feelings of many American men? I would say it does and that make the film a success. Did you ever hear a man ask for more balance in Fried Green Tomatoes?

Apparently, then, many men in the post-feminist world are still a weency bit sexist. Shouldn't a film be able to portray the feelings of American men without limiting women to stand-ins for "responsibility"? Shouldn't men recognize that femininity isn't limited to responsibility and familial obligation?

I would say that the modern man is trying to establish in his mind how to transition from being an old fashioned chauvinist to the new man capable of sharing the world equally with a woman. If you buy the assertion that men were unfairly privileged in the past, then it must be that they have to give something up to replace superiority with equality. And the "give up" is freedom of movement, the right to determine how time spent away from work will be utilized. A woman is not wrong to ask that that a couple's shared responsibilities must be taken care of fairly. It seems to me that the vitriol in many of the comments stems from men who cannot effectively engage in the necessary conversations that must take place or women who want a man to replace his self-identity completely with the "couple" identity. I read all the comments about compromise, but compromise to me is often death by a thousand paper cuts. Each person in a relationship is responsible for identifying what in this world gets them though the day and then their partner must either accept it or reject it along with the person.

What I'm having trouble with in the article is the use of the term "post-feminist". What does that even mean? Does that imply that women of all races and socio-economic status have equal reproductive rights? And then women are paid the same amount as men for doing the same work? And that the double standard regarding pre-marital sex has ceased to exist? Because that is surely not the case. It's alright for a blockbuster or two to focus more on the male characters; not every movie should be serious, political/social propaganda. However, the writer of the article should not blow off the pregnant woman's stress surrounding the unplanned pregnancy by putting it in a "post-feminist" context.