BBC thinks female-on-male violence is humorous

Submitted by Steven Brown on Sun, 2007-04-29 10:24

I managed to catch this episode of Eastenders on Friday:

"Denise reveals that she was going to leave, but that Shirley's convinced her to go through with the wedding. She takes Kevin aside, knees him in the crotch, then they tie the knot."

Note the light-hearted way the incident is summed up.

I wonder when the BBC is going to feature some humorous male-on-female violence?
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Ed. note: For the info. of non-UK readers, "EastEnders" is a very popular series in Britain, watched regularly by millions of people. Such a blatant example of woman-on-man violence in such a widely-viewed TV program is not insignificant and worthy of attention and action. "Have Your Say" link is here.

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There is a movie currently out called, "Idiocracy." The plot is that a rather dense man and a whore from the present are sent into the future. Because of the fact that the "stuck on stupid" crowd of today are out breeding the higher IQ people the mentality of the population in the future has been dumbed down to the moronic level and their tastes show it!

The most popular TV show is of the male star getting hit constantly in the crotch in every way imaginable. I take this as an indication that the future is here now in once Great Britain.

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Submitted by Luek on Sun, 2007-04-29 19:05

... looks like GB also has it under constant surveillance, too! Looks like The Prisoner vision is coming true.

Any illusions about life in Britain I ever had are now completely dashed. Alas, it ain't a lot better over here in the Feminist States of Amerika, either.

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Submitted by mcc99 on Sun, 2007-04-29 20:45

Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, California

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Submitted by MR on Sun, 2007-04-29 21:17

Many of those in the domestic violence industry (in the US, Canada and elsewhere) seem totally unconcerned with DV victims unless they're female or gay males (who have been harmed by male partners). These DV activists and their friends in the media are hypocritical and duplicitous beyond words. I know we've discussed the Mary Winkler case in previous posts, but this case serves as a clear reminder of how misandric many of the DV activists are -- especially in academia.

There are feminists and liberals who practically celebrated when they learned of Mary Winkler's lenient verdict. Many of these folks believe she should do no jail time and should regain custody of her three small children. This is absolutely pathetic.

This attitude of when-a-woman-assaults-a-man-he-deserves-it is reinforced by sitcoms and by people like Geraldo Rivera who insist on protecting women from responsibility for their relationship violence against males. As author Patricia Pearson points out, it condescendingly infantalizes adult women.

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Submitted by gregory on Sun, 2007-04-29 22:17