Cartoon Strip on MND Portrays Violence Against Men

Luek writes "If you go to the Men's News Daily site regularly you will notice the cartoon strip Day By Day written by someone called Chris Muir. This strip has recently given in to the concept that violence against men by females is okay and humorous. The current one, as of 4 June, has a male character called Zed getting slapped by a female character because he sent a picture of her breasts, I think it was, over the internet.

I sent Mr. Muir this e-mail protesting his condoning of violence against men by females as okay and funny." See the Read More section for the e-mail.

Hello Mr Muir,

(FYI,his e-mail address is: daybyday@daybydaycartoon.com)

I have been reading your cartoon strip, Day By Day at the Men's News Daily site for a couple of weeks now.
The most current one has a male character called Zed who gets slapped by a female character for e-mailing
a picture of her bosom I presume over the internet. I also recall another male character in an earlier strip getting hit by an object thrown by a female character over some slight.

The media has developed a very bad habit of portraying violence against men by females as something that is okay, justified and even humorous.
Even men getting hit or kicked in the testicles an act which could be defined as criminal sexual assault, has become a common sight in too many commercials and movies where the assault is suggested as being funny and even empowering for the abuser who is usually a female.

If you think I am being overly sensitive and just not appreciating the joke, well how about doing this as an experiment? Switch the scenario where the male characters slap or otherwise abuse the female characters over some trivial offense and see the reaction from the public. It would be an outrage!

So would you please do something about combating the social acceptance of domestic and other violence against men? It would be original and even more entertaining not to mention more intelligent.

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