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The Runaway Bride and Double Standards
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Case of the runaway bride has some men hopping mad By MARK SCHWED Cox News Service WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. - Anger. Disgust. Outrage. Men, who usually couldn't care less about weddings, have strong feelings about Georgia's runaway bride. As of Tuesday morning, bride-to-be Jennifer Carol Wilbanks hadn't publicly apologized for temporarily turning her fiance into the next Scott Peterson. The fiance, John Mason, once a suspect who had to take a lie-detector test to prove he hadn't chucked her into the Chattahoochee River, said he was "happy" she was alive and pledged to marry her still. But days before, "Oh man, I was mad," he told Sean Hannity, Fox-TV's political pit bull, who turned all sensitive and mushy for his scoop interview, conducted — of all places — in a church. Mason wasn't the only mad guy. "Does anyone else in this country see a pattern of lying by females about crimes against them?" asked a man named Ray in an online news posting. Imagine, men are saying, that the tables were turned, that the man had jogged away, taken a Greyhound bus to Las Vegas, then Albuquerque, N.M., and then claimed he had been kidnapped by a Hispanic man and white woman packing heat, only to confess later it was all a big lie. Would police have given him a teddy bear the way they did Wilbanks? Hardly. No wonder guys are so furious. To many of them, the case represents yet another example of double standards that favor women. "Women always make men out to be the abuser," said Dr. Richard T. Hise, a Texas A&M University professor and author of The War Against Men. "Women are turning men into the enemy." Male fury was front and center Tuesday, bubbling across the Internet, at AngryHarry.com, Mensactivism.org, FireYour Wife.com and NoMarriage.com. Perhaps we're witnessing the emergence of a new men's movement — fractured as it may be — similar to the birth of women's lib 40 years ago? Absolutely, says Hise, who has suggested a name for the group: "NO MA'AM, or the National Organization of Men Against Anti-Maleness." There is a need for such a group, says Michael McCormick, executive director of the American Coalition for Fathers and Children, which has affiliates in 26 states. He believes the case of the runaway bride is yet another example of how the cards are stacked against men. "With this particular bride, the first-blush reaction was, 'Oh, silly girl. She got cold feet. No problem,' " said McCormick. "If a man had done this, the immediate response would be, 'Let's bust him.' There is a legitimate sense of anger that's building up in men over their mistreatment." Nancy Grace, victims-rights advocate turned CNN Headline News host, had practically lynched the fiance in earlier programs. But she was unrepentant Monday. Instead of apologizing to him, she pleaded for leniency for the woman. Grace asked Duluth (Ga.) Police Chief Randy Belcher: "Why would we put this girl behind bars because she got cold feet?" "Because she lied to police," Belcher responded. "I went out on a limb," Grace said, referring to her attacks against the fiance. "She sure tricked me." It was the closest thing to an apology to Mason from anyone on TV. Even after Wilbanks 'fessed up that she had lied, some women speculated in online chat rooms that perhaps she ran because Mason had abused her. As usual, though, TV's Dr. Phil cut to the chase. "I'd really have problems with this woman if I were him," he told CNN's Larry King. Already, some TV psychologists were laying that groundwork, speculating about everything from eating disorders to the pressures and stress that all brides feel before a wedding, much less an obscenely large affair with 600 guests, 14 bridesmaids and 14 groomsmen. Even Fox television mad dog Bill O'Reilly got all soft, suggesting that Wilbanks might need a mental evaluation. |
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"Jaycee" wrote in message ink.net... COMMENTARY Case of the runaway bride has some men hopping mad By MARK SCHWED Cox News Service WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. - Anger. Disgust. Outrage. Men, who usually couldn't care less about weddings, have strong feelings about Georgia's runaway bride. Real men could care less. The only reason I opened this thread is, because I am a fan of double standards. |
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On Wed, 04 May 2005 19:49:32 +0100, Martin Pascal
wrote: Jaycee wrote: As of Tuesday morning, bride-to-be Jennifer Carol Wilbanks hadn't publicly apologized for temporarily turning her fiance into the next Scott Peterson. Her boyfriend is a very lucky man. She could have married him first and then gone to Vegas with his credit cards. That's the usual pattern. Now she can service the jailhouse lesbians along with the female 'soldier' who disgraced her country by torturing Iraqi civilians. That was offical policy. Been proven to be documented all the way to the top. So, in reality, England was simply being a good obedient woman and doing what she was told. The disgrace to our country is because of the President who made it all happen. Hal |
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On Wed, 04 May 2005 19:49:32 +0100, Martin Pascal wrote:
Jaycee wrote: As of Tuesday morning, bride-to-be Jennifer Carol Wilbanks hadn't publicly apologized for temporarily turning her fiance into the next Scott Peterson. Her boyfriend is a very lucky man. She could have married him first and then gone to Vegas with his credit cards. That's the usual pattern. Now she can service the jailhouse lesbians along with the female 'soldier' who disgraced her country by torturing Iraqi civilians. you dont think she will actually do time will you? if it was a man who had lied to the police, i could see how he might be facing some tough times. this woman? nope. the justice system, if you could even call it that, will pat her hand and say, there, there, now, you've been through enough already, poor thing. somebody get her another teddie bear. |
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wrote in message ... On Wed, 04 May 2005 19:49:32 +0100, Martin Pascal wrote: Jaycee wrote: As of Tuesday morning, bride-to-be Jennifer Carol Wilbanks hadn't publicly apologized for temporarily turning her fiance into the next Scott Peterson. Her boyfriend is a very lucky man. She could have married him first and then gone to Vegas with his credit cards. That's the usual pattern. Now she can service the jailhouse lesbians along with the female 'soldier' who disgraced her country by torturing Iraqi civilians. How do you define Civilians? That was offical policy. Been proven to be documented all the way to the top. So, in reality, England was simply being a good obedient woman and doing what she was told. The disgrace to our country is because of the President who made it all happen. Hal Who proved it? |
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On Wed, 04 May 2005 21:58:03 GMT, Strabo
wrote: Too many American men have bought into the socialist agenda of feminism. Females are not men no matter how much they attempt to emulate us. They cannot take care of themselves and men cannot afford to allow a police state to develop to meet female demands for security. The solution? Treat the woman fairly but firmly. If she balks and runs let her go. She's a lost cause. Never give into a female. Find one that knows her place. Have you had any success in finding a female that "knows her place"? |
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So, in reality, England was simply being a good obedient
woman and doing what she was told. Following orders was thrown out as a defence in 1946 in Nuremberg. It is completely unacceptable as justification. |
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"Lawrence Glickman" wrote in message ... On Wed, 04 May 2005 21:58:03 GMT, Strabo wrote: Too many American men have bought into the socialist agenda of feminism. Females are not men no matter how much they attempt to emulate us. They cannot take care of themselves and men cannot afford to allow a police state to develop to meet female demands for security. The solution? Treat the woman fairly but firmly. If she balks and runs let her go. She's a lost cause. Never give into a female. Find one that knows her place. Have you had any success in finding a female that "knows her place"? Many good Christian females know their place "Glickman" |
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