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[deelaundry]

Did you hear this news story?

Four men lured a woman to a motel room under false pretenses and proceeded to tie her up. One of the men punched her in the face and poured glue on her genitalia as punishment for alleged sexual infidelity.





Oh, no wait, that was Four women lured a man, etc.

My own reaction to this story has weirded me out.

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[blackmare.livejournal.com]

Hm. The infidelity doesn't sound very "alleged" to me, since apparently the only way all these women knew one another was because they'd all been involved with him.

I don't know. If it was unfounded jealousy I'd think these women were freaks, but if he was telling all of them they were his one and only? I just don't have much sympathy for him.

And that weirds me out a bit, too, because if it were reversed and the lying cheating scoundrel were female, I'd feel differently; perhaps because of the entrenched male/female power imbalance in our culture?

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

I wrote "alleged" because the women could be making up their story. I assume they aren't... but they could be.

that weirds me out a bit, too, because if it were reversed and the lying cheating scoundrel were female, I'd feel differently; perhaps because of the entrenched male/female power imbalance in our culture?

That was exactly what was weirding me out about my response. Is it because I'm perceiving women's anger as somehow less potent than men's? That's not accurate... and not fair.