"romantic comedy" about castration, I thought I had seen everything...?

This does not surprise me. Sexually sadistic anti-male "humor" has become the norm for the U.S.A. It's extremely common in "romantic comedies". Of course, you saw the public reaction of "humor" to a REAL incident of a woman torturing, mutilating and crippling a man - merely because he wanted a divorce. It's even in children's shows, where we teach children that sexually assaulting men and boys is "funny" and they "deserve it".

And yes, mainstream feminism has a hell of a lot to do with this HUGE cultural change (40 years ago, this humor was unheard of in the popular media). The National Organization for Women (NOW) is a huge player, where they even had the audacity to have their President's column, for years, entitled "Below the Belt", a phrase that has but one meaning.

And, indeed, some of the answers here (see below), don't "see the big deal". The "take home" message is a sexually mutilated man is a "better man". So infused with viciously sadistic man-hate has our culture become.

I feel also obliged to point out that cutting off men's genitals has a hell of a lot worse impact on their lives than cutting off a woman's breasts. No kids. No sex life. No urination control (if the targeted organ is the penis). Almost no chance of ever having a romantic relationship with a woman. Public humiliation. Called by many "not even a man".

And yes, as a man I know a little something about the consequences of having a deformed chest. I was born without pectoral muscles on my right side. My chest is ugly. Women like men's chests. I've always hid my chest. It may not be exactly the same as a woman losing her breast or breasts, but there are certainly parallels.

I agree that the presence or absence of a plot element does not make it misandrist or misogynist. It's how the plot element is used.

That said, this plot clearly uses the plot element of a man's castration in a misandrist way. Just look at this:

"'Barry Munday' is the surprisingly heart-warming tale of a guy who finds it took losing his manhood to be a better man.*"

It's essentially outright saying that a man can be better off if he is mutilated. People are better off whole, no questions asked. If you're making exceptions on that for men, then you're a misandrist.

There are a lot of topics that are hard to use in a respectful way, such as rape, castration, and the holocaust. I don't mind such topics handled respectfully, but this movie is not respectful at all.

A comedy about a female's breasts being cut off would not even be allowed on the air.

Incase anyone noticed, most T.V networks actually have to SHIFT the camera away when a female is directly hit in the face. Even in animated shows, you may see Superman getting directly punched, but when Wonder Woman arrives, they pan the camera away from the hit so it isn't seen on screen. This is because feminists complained about violence towards females.

A comedy about a female getting her breasts cut off would probably result in jail sentences... after-all porn producers get thrown into jail when girls get the same "torture/domination" that guys get. Females are over-protected as if they are babies.

Gross. I never did understand why people view any sort of gory horror movies as entertainment or funny. Things like that happen in real life, and it is disgusting. Why would people want to watch stuff like that in a theater? And laugh at it? Sick. Even movies like Saw are garbage.

Sorry ... just not that bothered by it.

And I DO get extremely upset about the way that the media just lets female violence (against men and other women) go by without comment. Indeed women are by some standards MORE violent than men because their violence goes unchecked (how many times do you see a woman slapping a guy for some comment ... what would under other circumstances be considered assault). Their violence is considered funny rather than just perpetuating societal violence.

However, this movie is neither glorifying the act of mutilation nor condoning it. It is simply using it as a plot development to get the guy in question to recognizing other things in life.

Indeed, this isn't even female to male violence - it appears to be male to male violence and just another variation of the humor derived from "kicked in the balls."

And you DO see that ALL THE TIME all over TV. The only difference is that here permanent damage is done. As someone surrounded by medical people, I actually think it is good to pass on that trauma done to male genitals can cause permanent damage - something that sitcom writers don't seem to recognize.

We've had all kinds of movies centered around female infertility for one reason or another - so the thing I think you are upset by is the violence itself. Is it necessary to the rest of the movie? I don't think so. He could just as well have acquiried a disease from one of his conquests.

But no, it doesn't give me the violent reaction it seems to give the rest of the crowd here.

Yeah, the movie does seem to center around stereotypes, but what else is new?

Do not try to get it pulled off of Netflix, just do not watch it. Leave it on to make a point.

Let females continue to fight against cartoons involving a girl getting teased, while letting castration stay on the air. It would serve as a reminder of who the weaker gender is.

Don't fight to get it yanked off, just leave it.

I don't really see the big deal. It obviously has a happy ending. The guy makes a transition from a womanizer to becoming a loving and caring father. I'll admit the castration thing was a bit weird but the man isn't being portrayed in a bad light. I don't find the fact that he got his testicles cut off funny. What I'm trying to say is the castration isn't the comedy here, just a means of bringing about a change in environment. If the same film was done with a woman getting her breasts cut off I would feel the same way as long as that certain point was not humourised.

EDIT: No, of course it doesn't mean that once a man loses his testicles he becomes a father. It just so happens that with THIS man he loses his testicles and becomes a father. I'm not a man hater but I just don't see why you're getting so up in arms about this when they guy who is the centre character isn't villianised. He wasn't castrated out of punishment by misandristic feminists, he was just castrated which in turn led to an unfolding of events. How is it man-hate if he ends up with a perfect life at the end of the film?

VIOLENCE AGAINST MEN BEING CONSIDERED FUNNY IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF MOVIES MADE IN ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES(US, CA,UK, AUS,NZ). TRY WATCHING SOME ITALIAN, FRENCH, SPANISH, GERMAN, RUSSIAN, KOREAN... COMEDIES, YOU WON'T SEE ANYTHING SIMILAR.

SO IT'S OBVIOUSLY A CULTURAL THING.

There has been comedy about guys getting shot as well.

Females are the weaker gender, and they would scream if females were treated that way.