History Main / MenAreUncultured

* ''Series/GilmoreGirls'': Zigzagged. On the sliding scale of uncultured to cultured, the ones who are cultured tend to be of the OldMoney variety. Lorelai's father, Richard, shares a love of literature with his granddaughter Rory and enjoys attending plays and operas. Working-class Luke, on the other hand, infamously shouted "finally!" at the end of ''Film/LoveStory'' and is baffled by the abstract art at his nephew Jess's publishing house. Jess himself subverts the trend, being a street-savvy smart-ass committed to a "bad boy" image who nonetheless is in the GeniusBookClub with Rory and keeps up flawlessly with all of the numerous pop-culture references. When Paris accuses him of being this trope because he isn't fond of poetry and likes the Beat movement, Jess is offended and informs her not only has he read Creator/JaneAusten, he's of the opinion she would have enjoyed Creator/CharlesBukowski.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Duckman}}'' had this happen in the episode "Exile From Guyville", where a fight between Duckman and Bernice ends up causing a national exodus between the genders when each side gets sick of the various foibles and flaws of the others, leading to the entire U.S separating down the middle, with the East Coast going to the women, and the West Coast going to the men. It's even specifically stated that the East was given to the women for its culture, apparently ignoring Los Angeles. The women's side becomes a refined, cultural place while the men turn theirs into a mix between a giant sports bar, Film/MadMax, and a cattle ranch. ''On purpose'', mind you. The men also take the opportunity to just run around in their underwear constantly.

* Played straight in Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh, in which Enkidu is ultimately the most uncultured, and his first taste of [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow culture]] is a woman. This makes it so that he can no longer talk to the animals.

--> '''Gunn:''' ''(grumpily)'' "I was cool before I met y'all."

There are also strong class undertones to this trope - being cultured is seen as a middle/upper-class trait, and there is a trend in media for the working classes to be depicted as more masculine (including the women, for that matter). Indeed, this trope is often used in depictions where being cultured is an implied class shorthand for the rich. Also, you'll notice that the women making them go are either completely oblivious to the fact, or don't care, that their companion is not having a good time. There’s some TruthInTelevision here in that, historically, upper class women didn’t usually have to go out to work, and had servants to do the housework, so they were the people who had most time for culture. Or, looking at it another way, their ''job'' was to sustain the culture that marked their families out as upper class.

* In ''Anime/{{Vandread}}'' Tarak and Mejale are separated by men and women respectively. Mejale is a bright and shiny planet with high tech features and women dress in unique fashion. Tarak is a militarized planet, where everyone is either in the military or a factory worker and eats [[FutureFoodIsArtificial food pellets]].

* Subverted in a story in the furry ''Beatrix Farmer'' series. When Beatrix, a cute bunny femme, is moving into her cat friend's apartment, she is surprised when her coquettish friend enlists the aid of several handsome males to help them. Although Beatrix doesn't care for the idea of being suddenly surrounded by strange men, apparently being old fashioned chivalrous, things improve when she breaks out her massive book collection and finds to her delight that all the men are even more intrigued by her sophisticated taste in literature and they spend just as much time browsing through her books as they are putting them away.

* Henry Higgins believes in the inversion of this trope in ''Film/MyFairLady'', according to his song "I'm An Ordinary Man," with lines such as "You want to talk of Keats or Milton; She only wants to talk of love. You go to see a play or ballet; And spend it searching for her glove." This is probably because of ValuesDissonance from his time period versus the modern version of this trope, plus the fact that he is a member of the upper-class and thus is proud of being educated and cultured.

* Played with in ''Series/{{Emergency}}'' when the personnel of Station 51 are visited by a female TV reporter who assumes they are not cultured. Indignant, they set out to prove her wrong by showing all the sophisticated arts hobbies they indulge in. Unfortunately, they do ''too well'' as the previously promised football game tickets she promised them and they were eagerly anticipating were switched out for opera show ones by her on the assumption that they would prefer them.

** The second episode has Homer and Bart suffering through a performance of ''Carmen''. This is often subverted in later seasons where either Bart or Homer become involved in the arts and find to their great surprise that they actually enjoy it.

&&* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'''s Hank Hill. Dear God, Hank Hill all the way. Subverted by [[TheUnintelligible Boomhauer]], of all people.

* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'''s Hank Hill. Dear God, Hank Hill all the way. Subverted by [[TheUnintelligible Boomhauer]], of all people.

* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': Unlike the rest of his male comrades who are enthralled with the extravagance that the taxpayers' money give to the Midland aristocratic-held ball, Guts doesn't seem very impressed with his surroundings (noblewomen and all) and spends the majority of the time supporting the wall away from the commotion. [[spoiler: In fact, he only went to the ball in order to counterattack in the assassination plot against Griffith.]] Guts also isn't big on reading, so the only chance he'll be picking up one of [[DoorStopper those sleeping pills]] is if there is an array of pornographic art in it. But what do you expect? He's a mercenary.
** Not to mention that, due to the setting, he probably has NeverLearnedToRead.

* Unlike the rest of his male comrades who are enthralled with the extravagance that the taxpayers' money give to the Midland aristocratic-held ball, Guts from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' doesn't seem very impressed with his surroundings (noblewomen and all) and spends the majority of the time supporting the wall away from the commotion. [[spoiler: In fact, he only went to the ball in order to counterattack in the assassination plot against Griffith.]] Guts also isn't big on reading, so the only chance he'll be picking up one of [[DoorStopper those sleeping pills]] is if there is an array of pornographic art in it. But what do you expect? He's a mercenary.

* ''{{Tintin}}'': ''Recap/TintinTheCalculusAffair'' has Tintin and Captain Haddock hiding in the Klow opera. Tintin wakes the Captain up at the end with a disapproving GrandeDame looking on.

* Virtually all the male detectives and lawyers on the ''Franchise/{{Law And Order}}'' franchise, save Det. Goren of ''[[Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent Criminal Intent]].'' Expect copious Lenny {{One Liner}}s if the victim or suspect is from New York's art scene.

There are also strong class undertones to this trope - being cultured is seen as a middle/upper-class trait, and there is a trend in media for the working classes to be depicted as more masculine (including the women, for that matter). Indeed, this trope is often used in depictions where being cultured is an implied class shorthand for the rich. Also, you'll notice that the women making them go are either completely oblivious to the fact, or don't care, that their companion is not having a good time.

* Subverted in ''Film/TheFifthElement''. Cab driver, ex-commando, and all-around manly man Korben Dallas is hauled off to the opera to meet with his contact... and is so moved by the performance he almost bursts into tears. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i86Ugyg3nfk See attached.]] For bonus points, [[EnforcedMethodActing that was the first time Bruce Willis saw that performance and his reaction is entirely unscripted.]]

* Donald Duck constantly has to prove his cultural capital to impress Daisy. Then again, [[NotSoDifferent sometimes Daisy will admit that the theatre shows she brought Donald to are boring]]...

* Detailed in "The Truth About Men," a collaboration of male country music artists including Tracy Byrd, Blake Shelton, Eddie Montgomery, Troy Gentry, and Andy Griggs.

* DonaldDuck constantly has to prove his cultural capital to impress Daisy. Then again, [[NotSoDifferent sometimes Daisy will admit that the theatre shows she brought Donald to are boring]]...

* Oscar Madison on ''Theatre/TheOddCouple''. And Felix is the opposite, obviously.