Brian Copeland: Domestic Violence is Never Funny

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'“She’s just livin’ the dream.”

That’s the text that I received from a woman friend this morning in regard to the grisly Catherine Kieu Becker story out of Garden Grove, California.

Ms. Becker allegedly served her estranged husband a drugged meal. When he passed out, she tied him to the bed and waited for him to regain consciousness. As he watched in horror, Becker allegedly cut off his penis with a knife and put it down the garbage disposal.

She is being held on $1 million bail on charges of “aggravated mayhem” that could land her in prison for life.

Her statement to law enforcement at the scene: "He deserved it."

As I surf around cyberspace and listen to the comments of some of the women I know, there are jokes and laughter. Of course, some women are appalled and shocked, but many more find the mutilation to be a source of amusement.

Personally, I am disgusted and furious by the double standard.

"Imagine," I asked one female acquaintance, "If this situation were reversed and it was a man who drugged a woman, tied her up, hacked off a breast and destroyed it. Would you find that to be the same ‘thigh slapper?'"'