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Upton

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5. DU Double Standard...

Reply to ProudToBeBlueInRhody (Original post)

Tue Sep 10, 2013, 06:34 PM

Sep 2013

Jokes about a woman killing her husband= funny

Jokes about a man killing his wife= misogyny

Just another example of that "male privilege"..we all enjoy

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Spouse murdered falling from cliff while hiking, DU has a good laugh [View all] ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2013 OP

Making fun of unusual deaths is an old and loathesome DU tradition. DavidDvorkin Sep 2013 #1

If a man mutilated his partners genitals I doubt many would get a chuckle out of it Major Nikon Sep 2013 #4

Sure, DU loves to laugh at mistreated men DavidDvorkin Sep 2013 #6

I've noticed that as well Major Nikon Sep 2013 #7

Domestic violence against men always seems to be a source of glee for some Major Nikon Sep 2013 #2

I was disgusted to read that thread. hrmjustin Sep 2013 #3

DU Double Standard... Upton Sep 2013 #5

Thank goodness it wasn't a thread about who thinks who is cute/sexy!!! Behind the Aegis Sep 2013 #8

No, that sort of thing -- "hot celebrities" -- enables messaging of violence, harm and hate. Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #10

Yup. If the target is right and true, then it is a-OK. Behind the Aegis Sep 2013 #11

At least Superman didn't drop Lois ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2013 #12

Oh, jeez. That was right up there with the moon bombing. Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #13

I'm glad I'm not the only one. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2013 #9