Got Guns?

Barney Stinson is a feminist's worst nightmare.  He is also a character many feminists would love to hate. Through the awful situations Barney puts women in, his fans stay by his side, and he continues to get new fans.


Feminist's should hate Barney because of his lack of morals, and lack of respect for all women.  Barney has tricked countless women into getting in bed with him, with the sole fact to ditch them the next morning.  For the most part, he lives for one night stands.  He once put on make heavy up to make himself look old, and tricked a woman into thinking he came from the future and major world issues would be solved if she would sleep with the younger version of himself.  Somehow, the woman fell for this.  Feminist's would hate Barney if they were to meet him in real life.  They would even hate everything he stands for in the show.  But, although he is offensive, as a character he is beyond entertaining.


Not only is Barney an anti-feminist, two of his best girl friends are feminists! Lily and Robin are each feminists in their own ways.  Lily shows her feminism when she chooses to keep her own last name when she marries Marshall.  Robin shows her feminism constantly throughout the series. She smokes cigars, enjoys going tot he shooting range with her guns, love hocked, owns five dogs, and most importantly does not want a committed relationship. Below is a picture of Robin and Marshall at the shooting range, showing Robins love for guns. 

How is it that Barney, Robin, and Lily can be such great friends with such different views on life? Robin and Lily are constantly making fun of Barney for how pathetic he is with women. They see him as being helpless and laugh at the majority of what he does.

Thank you to http://glock-21.blogspot.com/2011/06/robin-scherbatsky-firearms-enthusiast.html for this image