So, I was on tumblr and came across this gem. Apparently women who are victims from a violent act (rape, domestic violence, etc.) need to "make better decisions". Hmmm..... really now? This comment was made in a discussion about Kansas City Chief's Line Backer, Javon Belcher, who murdered his girlfriend prior to killing himself this past weekend. While her co-hosts were talking about the merits of female gun ownership as a way to avoid violence against women, Dana Perino decided to quickly blame women themselves for being victims.
"PERINO: I think it skirts the issue that women are victims of violence all the time –
CO-HOST: They should have guns!
PERINO: Well, maybe, or make better decisions."
Misogyny is a work that comes to mind after seeing this clip. Misogyny is the hatred or dislike of women or girls. It can be manifested in different ways including sexual discrimination, violence against women, and sexual objectification of women. It is unbelievably unfortunate to hear a woman portray such disgusting comments to victims of violence in a conversation that didn't even directly address this. Such a terrible view on women that I hope to not continue to see in our society.
Also, I say an interesting post on tumblr. The post address the well known Christmas song, Baby It's Cold Outside by Dean Martin. This is what the post suggests. I thought that it gave an interesting perspective of such a well know Christmas song. “Occasionally referred to as the Christmas Date Rape Song, this duet was written by Frank Loesser in 1936. While the song has a sweet melody to it, this style of duet is often referred to as mouse and wolf where the mouse part is traditionally sung by a woman and the wolf part by a man. The predatory style description is amazingly accurate given that the man spends the whole song subtly pressuring the woman into staying with him for the night."
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