"John Royer" (john.royer2{at}sympatico.ca) writes:
> "John Templeton"  wrote in message
> news:1111425481.221104.252520{at}l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> howldog wrote:
>>> On 21 Mar 2005 06:52:09 -0800, "bluesmama"

>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >howldog wrote:
>>> >> Sandra Bullock to Matt Laurer this morning:
>>> >>
>>> >> "I needed you to play a guy who was man enough
to let a woman beat
>>> >> him up".
>>> >>
>>> >> gag. no more of your movies, ever, Sandra.
>>> >>
>>> >> Shame on you.
>>> >
>>> >What a truly disrespectful thing to say.
>>> >
>>> >Another name to add to the list beside Jennifer Lopez.
>>>
>>> Laurer is such a pansy. Anybody with a functioning set of nuts might
>>> have shot back, are you woman enough to play a character who lets
>>> herself get beaten up by a man?
>>>
>>> of course the hate mail would start instantly and Laurer would be
>>> fired three minutes later.
>>>
>>> thats the extent of double standards in this country. women hit men,
>>> its ok, its entertainment.
>>>
>>> whacked beyond belief.
>>
>> Yeah, it's seen as funny when a woman causes something bad to happen to
>> a man (in commercials, say), but when it's the opposite, the writers
>> are misogynistic.
>
> It's interesting that the two Doug's, JWB and Bill in C.O. have no comment
> though, isn't it?

Well, to be fair, I don't believe that any of them read soc.men, except
for posts that get cross-posted to asd ( Billinco ), and asm ( the rest ).

But, when it was in discussion, their refusal to examine books that
chronicle misandry ( Such as " Spreading Misandry; The Teaching Of
Contempt For Men In Popular Culture ", 2001, Nathanson & Young ) that
spoke to their PREjudices.

Andre


--
" I'm a man... But, I can change... If I have to... I guess. "
                                    The Man Prayer, Red Green.


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