'Sexism and the Single Murderess'

Submitted by Mastodon on Mon, 2013-05-06 21:42

Article here. Excerpt:

'Knox and Arias aren’t just women accused of murder. They’re minxes accused of murder, sitting in their courtroom seats with scarlet letters emblazoned on their chests, no jury needed to pronounce them guilty of wantonness at the very least. For men, lust is a tripwire. For women, it’s a noose.

I’ve heard quite a bit lately about David Petraeus’s road to redemption. I’ve heard less about Paula Broadwell’s. Yes, he’s the more public figure, but the disparity also reflects the way their affair was often portrayed in the first place. He strayed; she preyed. He was weak; she was wily. He was the fly, she the spider.

Let’s bring a few other recent news stories into this. Let’s indulge in a few hypotheticals.'

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... points. No one ever said women didn't suffer from 2x-standards that worked against them. It's just MRAs would like to see 2x-standards as applied to men taken as seriously. Too much to ask?

But I do have a question for Mr. Bruni: Does he think they're guilty or not? Vixenation aside-- guilty or not? After all, that's the whole point of a criminal trial, right?

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Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2013-05-07 02:20

Wow... what an egocentric piece of trash. Male sexuality is never shamed? Maybe in their world, but not in the real world. I guess they never heard "all men are rapists", "all sex is rape", etc. etc. Cry me a river.

Even if what was proposed in this article were true, it might have to do with the fact that women are not held responsible for their sexual actions. They're allowed to abandon parental responsibilities any step of the way. If they were forced by the state to take care of any kids they give birth to (the same way men are), some might be a little less harsh on them.

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Submitted by xtrnl on Tue, 2013-05-07 18:27