Let's Talk About Double Standards

My husband occassionally watches Fox News's Red Eye. For those of you who have never seen it, it's an irreverant version of the news that likes to thumb it's nose at the PCism that's prevalent in U.S. media and society. They always have guests on the show and a frequent guest judge is one Jeanine Pirro who will also be hosting an upcoming CW show "Judge Pirro".

On tonight's Red Eye, which I was half listening to while working on my laptop, they started discussing Lorena Bobbitt and the fact that she's currently engaged. I'm sure we're all familiar with the story of Ms. Bobbitt (feminism's poster child) and how she severed her sleeping husband's penis with a kitchen knife after which she hopped in her car, went for a drive and tossed the severed genitalia out into a field. For those who don't remember.....Ms. Bobbitt was found not guilty by reason of temporary insanity.

As the panel members discussed some of the details of Ms. Bobbitt's current life and upcoming wedding, the show's host mentioned that if a man had mutilated a woman in the same fashion that Ms. Bobbitt mutilated her husband, that man would be locked away for life. His question was, "Do I smell a double standard" here? Judge Jeanine Pirro's response? "And well he should be. I think that's the way the law is. I think that women should be able to do that and get away with it."

At this point, I looked at my husband (bearing in mind that this program intermingles a lot of irreverant comedy with it's news) and asked incredulously, "Is she kidding?". There was no need for a response because her next comments were, "What I don't understand, Greg, is that the jury found her guilty of temporary insanity. As someone who has worked with battered women for years, that's not insanity, that's reality. That's what she needed to do to protect herself."

Nope, she wasn't kidding, not in the least. Keep in mind that Ms. Pirro served as a county judge before serving as the elected District Attorney of Westchester County in New York for twelve years. Considering Ms. Pirro's version of justice, the following should come as little surprise,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanine_Pirro

In 1989 Jeffery Deskovic was convicted in the murder of 15-year-old fellow student Angela Correa. He proclaimed his innocence on several occasions, but was denied a reopening of the case by then-DA Pirro. In 2006, the current DA authorized a DNA test which led to Deskovic's exoneration. Had Pirro agreed to a relatively simple test, Deskovic would have been freed years before his actual exoneration. Instead, she maintained that the test wasn't necessary, and Deskovic spent 16 years in a prison for a crime he did not commit.

Scary isn't it? Scary that such a woman was responsible for dealing out "justice" since she became assistant D.A. in 1978. Prior to this evening, I could only imagine the worst, most rabid of man-hating feminists spouting such misandry, yet here we have a woman, a former judge, someone who's ran for the United States Senate, saying it on national television.

Human genitalia is human genitalia; view it as you see fit, call it sacred, call it private, make jokes about it......if it's a horrific crime to mutilate it, then it's a horrific crime. The severity of that crime should never vary depending on the gender of the person it's committed against....how disgusting that in today's society, to many people, people like Ms. Pirro, it does.

Just Another Family Court Travesty

I am associated with a man who is a disabled Veteran. I don't know him very well; I've never actually met him. What I do know about him is that he values things such as honor, integrity, kindness, charity, honesty and family. I know that he's a father who loves his children. I also know what he's doing at this moment; he's writing letters for his wife and best friend to deliver to local news agencies should he be incarcerated for failure to pay his child support.

Why doesn't he pay the support he's ordered for his children? As a disabled Veteran, his children are entitled to benefits through his Veteran's disability. Such benefits would not only cover the child support payments but also give them insurance and college benefits. Why aren't his children recieving said benefits? Because the children's mothers refuse to give him access to their birth certificates which he's asked for time and again. All he needs are their birth certificates so he can get them the benefits but the mothers refuse to provide them.

This man is now being taken to court by the mothers of his children in two different counties for failure to pay child support. Why would they do that? The only thing I can come up with is that it must be intentional and vindictive. If all they cared about was the support and welfare of their children, they'd happily turn over the birth certificates, knowing that by doing so their children would recieve benefits above and beyond what's been guaranteed them by the courts. Instead, they'd rather see a man, a good man, a man who fought for our country, sit in jail.

For me, this is a good example of just how crazy and inefficient the family court system is. Why hasn't somebody from the system (you know, the one that only cares about the child's best interests) simply ordered the mother's to give him the birth certificates? Problem solved. The children get benefits, the father doesn't get dragged into court, tax payers dollars aren't needlessly wasted. Really, if someone should be taken to court, it should be the mothers for denying the father the ability to provide support and benefits to his children.

Of course, don't forget that while the mothers are denying the father the ability to provide for his children, they're also denying him access to his children for failure to provide for them. The dimmest of human beings could see the absurdity of this situation.....but not the court system. Nope, around there this is just par for the course.

What, you may ask, makes this case special? It's not....but that's the point. It's merely one among far too many. There are thousands of stories out there like this. Thousands of stories of men being kept from their children by their exes and a court system that backs them up in it.

The man's name is Robert Dale Henson and his court cases are in Boone and Carrol Counties in Arkansas. If you would like to speak out and aid in trying to bring his case to light, please take the time to write a letter in his behalf. You may be thinking, 'why bother, what difference will it make?'....only the difference of standing up and speaking out against a wrong instead of sitting quietly by; the difference of a man knowing that there are people who consider him a human being and worthy of being treated as such.

Thanks to the commendable efforts and talents of AKUUS on antimisandry.com, I have an impressive list of government contacts in and around Boone and Carrol Counties. AKUUS managed to do all this in under 20 minutes, so I may very well be adding to this list of resources once he's had more time.

*edited to add*

I appologize for not clarifying this point. The father has attempted to obtain a copy of the birth certificate through vital records and has been refused. Their explanation being that he doesn't have custody and was never married to the mother. Of course, I find it interesting that his proof of parentage is sufficient to obligate him to pay child support and to be taken to court over failure to pay, but insufficient to obtain the birth certificate that would enable him to provide support.
He has had to hire a lawyer in an attempt to obtain the birth certificate.

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Contacts- media, government

Boone & Carroll County, Arkansas

* Municipalities in each county, major TV and radio stations, governor, state and federal reps and senators, mayors, selectmen, father’s groups

*Boone County*


Alpena, Bellefonte, Bergman, Diamond City, Everton, Harrison, Lead Hill, Olvey, Omaha, South Lead Hill, Valley Springs, Zinc

*Local.*Arkansas*.gov - *County* and Municipal Information & Services (http://local.arkansas.gov/local.php?agency=Boone%20County)*


E-mail addresses:
leadhill@leadhill.net , admin@cityofharrison.com , dcch@southshore.com , jimwiggs@cox.net

*Alpena*- same as below


*Bellefonte*
*Address: *
180 Bellefonte Road, Harrison
BELLEFONTE, AR 72601
*Phone: *(870) 743-3519
*Fax: *(870) 743-3519
*Email: *jimwiggs@cox.net


*Bergman*
*Address: *
P.O. Box 160
BERGMAN, AR 72615
*Phone: *(870) 741-6312
*Fax: *(870) 741-4910


*Diamond City*
*Address: *
P.O. Box 1300
DIAMOND CITY, AR 72630
*Phone: *(870) 422-7212
*Fax: *(870) 422-7178
*Email: *dcch@southshore.com

*Everett*
*Address: *
P.O. Box 26
EVERTON, AR 72633
*Phone: *(870) 429-6808
*Fax: *(870) 429-5900


*Harrison*
*Address: *
P.O. Box 1715
HARRISON, AR 72601
*Phone: *(870) 741-2777
*Fax: *(870) 741-0021
*Web Site: *Official Web Site (http://www.cityofharrison.com/)
*Email: *admin@cityofharrison.com


*Lead Hill*
*Address: *
P.O. Box 10
LEAD HILL, AR 72644
*Phone: *(870) 436-5221
*Fax: *(870) 436-3123
*Web Site: *Official Web Site (http://www.leadhill.net/)
*Email: *leadhill@leadhill.net

*Omaha*
*Address: *
P.O. Box 249
OMAHA, AR 72662
*Phone: *(870) 426-3388
*Fax: *(870) 426-3390


*South Lead Hill*
*Address: *
P.O. Box 512, Lead Hill
SOUTH LEAD HILL, AR 72644


*Valley Springs*
*Address: *
P.O. Box 67
VALLEY SPRINGS, AR 72682
*Phone: *(870) 429-5525
*Fax: *(870) 429-5541

*Zinc*
*Address: *
4276 Broadway Blvd., Harrison
ZINC, AR 72601
*Phone: *(870) 427-2207
*Fax: *(870) 427-2207


*Carrol County*


Alpena, Beaver, Berryville, Blue Eye, Carrollton, Eureka Springs, Green Forest, Oak Grove

*Local.*Arkansas*.gov - *County* and Municipal Information & Services (http://local.arkansas.gov/local.php?agency=Carroll%20County)*



E-mail addresses:
sandra@greenforestar.net , *: *mayor@cityofeurekasprings.org , bvwater@berryville.com , kbtrinket@eritter.net
*Alpena*
*Address: *
P.O. Box 128
ALPENA, AR 72611
*Phone: *(870) 437-2272
*Fax: *(870) 437-5437
*Email: *kbtrinket@eritter.net


*Beaver*
*Address: *
P.O. Box 15
BEAVER, AR 72613

*Berryville*
*Address: *
P.O. Box 227
BERRYVILLE, AR 72616
*Phone: *(870) 423-4414
*Fax: *(870) 423-4195
*Web Site: *Official Web Site (http://www.berryville.com/)
*Email: *bvwater@berryville.com

*Blue Eye*
*Address: *
P.O. Box C, Blue Mountain
BLUE EYE, AR 72826



*Eureka Springs*
*Address: *
44 S. Main
EUREKA SPRINGS, AR 72632
*Phone: *(479) 253-9703
*Fax: *(479) 253-6967
*Web Site: *Official Web Site (http://www.cityofeurekasprings.org/)
*Email: *mayor@cityofeurekasprings.org

*Green Forest*
*Address: *
P.O. Box 1510
GREEN FOREST, AR 72638
*Phone: *(870) 438-5568
*Fax: *(870) 438-6855
*Web Site: *Official Web Site (http://www.greenforestar.net/)
*Email: *sandra@greenforestar.net

*Oak Grove*
*Address: *
P.O. Box 96
OAK GROVE, AR 72660
*Phone: *(870) 749-2785
*Fax: *(870) 749-2749

More Fuel For the Lynch Mob

I was recently told that women would "hang" me over my opinion that wives should be sexually available to their husbands. Mind you, I've clearly stated that I think sex is an integral part of marriage and that both husband and wife should be sexually available to their spouse and that sex should not be held hostage within a marriage.

It got me thinking though, why is it such an offense to suggest that women should be sexually available to their husbands? I seriously doubt if someone got on their blog and suggested that men should fulfill their wives sexual needs, that there would be much said on the issue. I can hardly imagine anyone thinking a mob of angry men might be coming to string him up over it.

The sexual union of a husband and wife is one of the most natural, most right things on Earth. Why then do women turn it into a point of contention? Why should an act intended to bring them closer spiritually as well as physically turn into a battle...into something that divides instead of unites them?

Really though, it extends beyond sexual obligations in marriage. It seems to be a crime to hold any expectations for women. Watch the feminist outrage when someone dares suggest women be expected to take responsibility should a sexual encounter result in pregnancy, or that women should be expected to fulfill any duties, take responsibility for her own safety or happiness, commitments, the decisions she makes......or do anything at all other than exactly what she wants.

I can only imagine if women would hang me over saying they should take care of their husband's sexual needs what they'll do when I suggest that by not doing so they cannot stand entirely blameless should their husband stray.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all about responsibility. Ultimately, if someone cheats, they are accountable for their actions, but if the husband who cheated was consistantly being denied sex by his wife, it's ludicrous to assert that the actions of the wife had no bearing whatsoever on her husband's dalliance(s).

Women are free to feel outraged that I dare suggest they meet their husband's sexual needs but I imagine they'll be infinitely more outraged should their husbands look elsewhere.....and heartbroken. I merely seek to save women unnecessary pain and anguish; to save marriages and families unnecessary pain and anguish. Feminists may tell us that we bear no obligations within our marriages; that the only person we need to look out for is ourselves, but that attitude will only lead to unhappiness.....I'll risk the lynch mob if I can save even a few people that.

Music To My Ears

I mentioned recently on an antimisandry.com thread that one of the biggest surprises for me when I started blogging was just how many people actually agreed with me. I wasn't expecting that. I was especially surprised by the number of women who responded positively to what I had to say. Now, don't get me wrong, it hasn't all been positive but, for the most part, I've recieved very few negative comments. Perhaps there are a few who read, are appalled to the point of speechlessness and are thus rendered unable to articulate their disgust.....still, the negative had been kept at a minimum.

I've recieved some really great comments. I'm fortunate in that some very intelligent, very decent, very thoughtful people visit my blog. In that vein, I'd like to highlight a couple of comments I recieved recently on my 'Men Are Great' post, found here,

http://equalbutdifferent.blogspot.com/2007/08/men-are-great_21.html

I found these comments to be wonderfully written, refreshing and heartwarming.

Lisa said...
This post is absolutely beautiful. As a lady, I am always shocked to hear people talking about how women are mistreated and taken for granted by men, but what I see is totally different.
I have been referred to as a misogynist and a woman-hater because I see things as they are involving men and women, and because like you, I appreciate the men in my life.
I am comfortable submitting to the man I love because I know that he will take care of me and do what is right for me. I appreciate everything he is every day. People are envious of our relationship and say we're lucky, but we aren't. We both make an effort to treat each other with respect, which we've earned from each other, not demanded, and we treat each other with the utmost fairness and love.
It is nice to read your posts, and to see that there are women out there like me who love men, not just sexually, like you said, but for the giving, caring people that they are. It is also nice to not be the only member of my gender who sees the unfairness men are subjected to by feminism. Thank you. I felt teary-eyed thinking of all the things that men do for us, and for humankind in general.
I'm sure my love would enjoy reading this as much as I have. I can't thank you enough for your honesty and bravery in saying the things you say. You are not afraid to see things for how they really are, which is rare in this day and age.


Cabiria said...
Hear hear. I am woman who is relieved to hear another woman who wants to and enjoys praising men!

I would love to see whatever you might be inspired to write in your blog about ways we women who feel the way you do about men and gently (or I should say successfully) help guide our sisters back to the Light in re this. My own sister (who I did not grow up with) treats her wonderful husband with so much criticism, demands and disdain that I seriously cringe and wonder why he stays with her (and I think it is because of the children). Yet I have never said anything to my sister about it because the straightforward approach, I know, would be met with defensiveness and heavy artillery.

I would also like to say that not ALL women are male-bashing feminists; however they are the loudest and may be in the majority these days.

I can't quite understand how this whole thing every came to be either. I wish I could understand that, because maybe then I would be better at communicating with those who are imprisoned in such destructive emotions and concepts

Pauline said...
Thank you so much for this wonderful post! How refreshing to find another lady who also appreciates men. I have always loved and respected men and have never bought into the feminist's agenda. I was beginning to think I was alone in the way I thought. So many women today seem to want to put men down or control them, which to me is totally unnatural and counter-productive. I was brought up when the gender roles were very strong; men were men, women were women and men were respected. And it was far far better as far as I'm concerned. (And I thank God to have grown up in such an environment because it gave children a sense of security) I have always hated feminism with a passion. I believe it is direct rebellion against God, goes completely against God's will and purpose and has done a great disservice to men, women and children. So once again, thank you for this lovely post in celebration of men! I too say here here!

What wonderful comments, Ladies. Am I the only one who notices the stark contrast between the voices of these women and those of our modern, 'empowered' women? Note the marked lack of hostility, anger and bitterness. Sure they're just a couple of paragraphs on a blog, but the words and the tone speak of women who seem generally happy, kind and content.....a noticeable difference from the overall tone of many women these days.

Thank you Ladies for your comments and thank you to everyone else who enhances my blog through their insight and wisdom.

What Is Going On In Canada?

Thanks to Tyrael on Antimisandry.com who first brought this case to my attention.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/06/19/father-court.html#socialcomments

Court quashes dad's grounding of 12-year-old daughter

A father plans to appeal after a Quebec court ruled that he didn't have the right to punish his 12-year-old daughter by barring her from a school trip.

Quebec Superior Court Judge Suzanne Tessier ruled Friday that the girl should be allowed to attend the three-day trip within Quebec this week.

The father's lawyer, Kim Beaudoin, speaks to CBC Newsworld about the case. (CBC)Initially, the father forbade his daughter from going online after the Grade 6 student posted photos on a dating site, the Globe and Mail reported in its Thursday edition.

The girl's parents are divorced, and after she had an alleged row with her stepmother, her father barred her from going on a school trip to mark the class's graduation from elementary school, the newspaper reported.

"When he said, 'OK, it's final. You're not going,' she smacked the door, left and went to live with her mother," the father's lawyer, Kim Beaudoin, told CBC News.

Last Wednesday, the father received a motion petitioning the court to overturn the punishment.

Two days later, the judge ruled the punishment was too severe because the girl had already been sufficiently disciplined, Beaudoin said.

Beaudoin said the judge also said there was no reason for the punishment to stand, since the girl was now living with her mother, even though the father has custody.

Beaudoin said the father, who has four children, was "devastated," especially since the ruling came days before Father's Day.

Court has role: lawyer
But the judge's decision was not just a case of a child going the court to get out of trouble, said Miriam Grassby, a Quebec family lawyer who has spoken with the various attorneys involved.

Under Quebec family law, it is not uncommon for a child in a high-conflict situation between two parents to have an attorney appointed to protect his or her best interests, as was the case here, Grassby said.

"In Quebec, no matter who has custody, we have joint parental authority," Grassby told CBC News on Thursday. "There are issues of discipline where both parents have to agree, and if they don't, we will have a place" to resolve the issue in court.

The attorney representing the child had been chosen and agreed to by both parents, she noted.

"The court is there to be an objective third party, and these children who are in these high-conflict situations need the protection of the court," Grassby said.

"I think we could presume the judge had good judgment in the fact that she read the statements and found out what both parents were saying, and that the child was punished at least once for that, and this was excessive punishment."

While Beaudoin said the case is a first for her, she doubts it will trigger a flood of similar claims.

"Usually children have lots of respect for their parents and they wouldn't go there," said Beaudoin.

She said the judge stressed that the case was an exception.

"But for a field trip, I'm thinking this is a big exception," she said.

There were some great comments concerning this shocking piece of stupidity, most of them just as stunned and disgusted as I.

Here are some of my favorites,

I can't believe this. First the senate wants to pass a bill stating that parents are not allowed to spank their children and now a judge wants to overturn a fathers decision to ground a child. Please tell me our so wise authority figures how are we supposed to displine our children if we can't spank them or ground them????

Children are growing up not respecting authority and it is because parents are scared to displine their children.

I consider myself a very liberal person but children need structure and displine if they are expected to survive in this world. If no abuse (sorry but a spanking is not abuse) is taking place the courts and government have no place in telling parents how to raise their children.

You want to do something productive try improving our economy enough so that one of the parents can stay home to raise the kids. That is a luxury that your generation had not ours... and we have your leadership to thank for it.

And


Way I see it?

I will no longer punish my child for anything. I will allow her to do whatever she wants. I will simply say "no" to her and if she ignores it... so be it. Should she do something really wrong, and end up arrested or something, I will sue the federal government for failing to allow me to discipline her as a child, and therefore, causing the situation she is now in. Every time she does something wrong I will sue them as it will be their responsibility to ensure she behaves as they have taken away my right to do so myself.


What are things coming to? As the parent of a 12 year old daughter, I just found this whole situation to be surreal. I can' t even imagine a world where my daughter would be suing my husband or myself. The behavior of this girl is unbelievable and then for the courts to override the authority of the father in grounding his daughter??

I'm sure it's only a matter of time before we start seeing articles about Canadian officials seeking the cause for an upsurge in irresponsible and delinquent behavior by their youth. Who wants to bet me that at least a few will conclude it's due to fathers not stepping up to the plate? Anyone?

Of course, there's little doubt in my mind as to what's really going on here. The mother is obviously instigating much of the situation. If she truly had her daughter's best interests at heart, she would have backed the decision of the father, not aided her daughter in taking him to court. The real harm that's been done here is not to her ex but to her daughter.

This frightening precedent is just one more step to remove authority from the hands of the family and place it squarely under the control of the state. Apparently, if you have children and are divorced in Canada, that puts every decision you make concerning your children potentially at the discretion of the court....very scary indeed.

The Greatest of Men

For our fathers, who give their very all for us......

Only a Dad
Edgar A. Guest

Only a dad with a tired face,
Coming home from the daily race,
Bringing little of gold or fame
To show how well he has played the game;
But glad in his heart that his own rejoice
To see him come and to hear his voice.

Only a dad with a brood of four,
One of ten million men or more
Plodding along in the daily strife,
Bearing the whips and the scorns of life,
With never a whimper of pain or hate,
For the sake of those who at home await.

Only a dad, neither rich nor proud,
Merely one of the surging crowd,
Toiling, striving from day to day,
Facing whatever may come his way,
Silent whenever the harsh condemn,
And bearing it all for the love of them.

Only a dad but he gives his all,
To smooth the way for his children small,
Doing with courage stern and grim
The deeds that his father did for him.
This is the line that for him I pen:
Only a dad, but the best of men.

Just What I Wish I'd Never Seen

I'm not going to link to their site, but this is from Jezebel.com.


Vagina Power,
The Town Bicycle


A Finnish artist named Mimosa Pale has created a giant vulva-shaped (and incredibly detailed) pedicab in protest of a world she thinks is too 'man-parts-centric.' Pale invites others to ride within the satiny folds of the vagina-cocoon and we imagine it probably makes for some great photo-ops from gawking tourists (click the pic to see the sorta NSFW pics). Emerging from the faux-vaginal cavity probably makes for quite the entrance outside your favorite bar or pulling up to a concert or event. (OMG—we really hope she brings this over to New York for Fashion Week!!!) But: Is it actually making people reconsider the phallocentrism in their daily lives? Or is it just meant to shock? Either way, least you'll have a fun story if you ever go to Finland. [Jalopnik & Salon]

I absolutely refuse to post a picture of it on my blog, but here's the web address if your curiosity overwhelms you and your upchuck reflex is in check....prepare yourself.

jezebel.com/5013407/the-town-bicycle

Why, oh why, does the stupidity of feminism know no end? Phallocentrism? This isn't ancient Greece, people. How many phallic symbols does the average person encounter in their daily life? For someone like myself, that number is right around...oh I'd say...ZERO. Apparently, the average feminist is bombarded by such things. I can only assume that either we're living in alternate universes or else this constant bombardment exists solely within their own minds.

Generally, the only time I get to hear constinual references to our reproductive organs is when I'm visiting feminist sites....where they would save themselves much time and keystrokes by posting a disclaimer that one should assume every third word is automatically followed by the word "vagina".

Personally, I'm not interested in glorifying my sexual organs. I'm not interested in making them a casual part of public conversation, I don't want to attend plays about them or read books written from their point of view. What I'm definitely not interested in is seeing obscene, larger then life recreations being pedaled around town by the latest angry feminist proving little more than just how ridiculous some women are capable of being.

Another False Rape Accusation

Fidelbogen did a blog post on the his site, counterfem.blogspot.com, about the following story. I was so upset and angered by this article that I decided to do a post on it as well because the more people who are made aware of it.....the better.

http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou080530_tj_liedrape.459abb00.html

Sheriff: Spring girl lied about rape that led to student's
stabbing

11:27 AM CDT on Saturday, May 31, 2008
KHOU.com staff report
SPRING, Texas -- The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that a
Spring teen’s accusations that she had been raped by a classmate that led to a
boy’s stabbing was a lie.
Last month, 17-year-old Joshua Chapa was stabbed
near the lobby of Wunsche High School in Spring ISD by the father of the girl
who claimed she had been raped. Ruben-Cuellar Roma faces charges related to that
stabbing.
Roma’s daughter claimed that she had been raped while at a house
party in late April. The father was at the school the following Monday to talk
to school administrators about the alleged sexual assault when Chapa was
stabbed.
Sheriff’s investigators said the girl retracted the story this week
saying that she lied about the rape to avoid getting in trouble for going to the
party.
There was no word if investigators would pursue charges against the
teen for making a false report.

How much more of a wake up call do we need? This young woman was willing to sacrifice the life of a young man so she wouldn't get in trouble for going to a party. She was willing to ruin a life and a future in order to avoid getting grounded. Am I the only one who finds this very, very frightening? The lack of conscience and empathy is extremely disturbing. If this were, perhaps, an isolated incidence, I would be disgusted but understand that there are bad people in the world who do bad things. Unfortunately, this is just one of many incidences which suggest that the problem is much greater, much more insidious than I'd like to believe.

This chilling lack of concern for the welfare of others, this lack of empathy, we see in a disturbing number of young women today is a result. It's the result of insulating and protecting girls from the slightest discomfort, including any unfavorable results which may occur from their own bad behaviour.

Did we really think we were 'empowering' our girls when we took away accountability for their actions? Did we really think there would not be reprecussions for raising a generation of young women who have been told that they can do anything, be anything they want, act any way they want....without having to face the consequences for their actions? What did we envision the results would be of teaching young girls that merely through the conditions of their birth, they are entitled to everything and anything they want?

There is no word yet on whether or not charges will be filed against the young woman who lied and caused these horrendous events. My guess is no. We can hope, but history would suggest that charges will not be filed, thus further ingraining the message to this and other young women that there are no consequences for their actions; that the lives of others are of very little significance when compared to a little discomfort or unhappiness on their part.

Perhaps most frightening of all is that these young women, with no concern for the lives of others, are tomorrow's mothers. They will be the ones raising our next generation. Should it come as any surprise when they abandon their marriages because married life isn't exactly what they'd hoped and dreamed it would be? Or when they neglect or ignore the needs of their children when those needs come in competition with their own wants and needs?

While there is evidence that more and more people are appropriately disgusted upon hearing stories such as we see above; that there are those in society who are finally waking up to the ugly reality of feminism....one has to wonder how long it will be before we realize the full damage and just how vast and far reaching that damage will be.

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