In the Western world, the terrestrial and subscription-based television services marginalise men by associating masculinity with expendability. It is a common theme used in sitcoms, movies, animations, cop drama programs, soapies, sketches and television advertisements.

Depicting a class of people as expendable creatures is dehumanising. By dehumanising men, the television industry is marginalising men. The term marginalise -- the verb form of marginal -- is defined as the act of being treated as marginal. [1] The adjective form from which it is derived, marginal, is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as being treated of "secondary or minor importance". [2] Therefore, depicting men as expendable creatures and not subjecting women to the same portrayal is a form of marginalisation, as it is tantamount to saying men aren't as worthy as women.

The following themes have been broadcasted on network television on an on-and-off basis since the 1960's:

• The testes' sensitivity to trauma is insensitively depicted as a comical subject. On the contrary, the television industry is reluctant to depict the vulva's sensitivity to trauma; when it does, it rarely applies a comical connotation to the subject.

  Commonly shown on sitcoms, sketches, animated comedy, television commercials, movies and other comedy programs. Click here to see a list of popular television programs that portray testis abuse as a comical subject.

• The anal rape of men is allocated a comical connotation. The converse applies when vaginal rape is depicted.
• Female-on-male violence is usually depicted under the guise of being justifiable, amusing and/or empowering. Testis abuse is commonly portrayed as justifiable when the attacker is a woman.
• Male television characters are usually considered expendable. The contrast usually applies to the depiction of female television characters that are killed off.
• Sitcoms and animation comedy programs usually portray husbands and fathers as being fat, stupid and lazy idiots who are dependent upon their wives' superior intellect.