[ctdonath2]

Sign of the times? Sign of the species. You think such attitudes are new? Noble actions past are remembered precisely because they were, and are, notable - unlike base crudeness, which permeates the human condition. Go read Aristophanies (ancient Greek playwright).

[LuvFreeRepublic]

No it not new, but it is acceptable and encouraged by far more today than in the past. Go read the lyrics of rap music. Go view the interaction between men and women. It is hip to trash a woman and it is hip to be trash. My crudeness was in response to the attacks made because a FReeper dared to offer a comment that others found objectionable. The attacks were personal, when in all likelihood, they do not know enough about her to pass that kind of judgment. I also wonder how so many can be certain of the motives of not only the female in the article, but the male.