Personality Parade(Political Bias against conservative womem)

Parade Magazine ^ | March 14, 2004 | Walter Scott

[avant_garde]

Q. Both Menendez brothers got married in prison, and I read that accused murderer Scott Peterson is inundated with love letters and proposals. Why do these guys appeal to women? —Dave Sears, Bloomington, Ind.

A. “For certain very upright, conservative women, convicts appeal to their forbidden sexual fantasies,” says Michael Crocker, a psychotherapist who specializes in sexual disorders. “We call such women ‘love avoidants,’ because their fantasy of an inaccessible man is more appealing than the reality of an actual relationship with an available partner.” In layman’s terms: Some women just don’t like to have their man around the house.

[avant_garde]

I can't believe psycho babble crap like this can be published and not get responded to!

[GeronL]

wouldn't that be liberal women?

[My2Cents]

Who's taking a swipe at conservative women?...

[Still Thinking]

His theory is dead unless Monica is a Libertarian,

[Qwinn]

Oh, my, GOD! Every time I think I've heard the most absurd thing I'll ever hear out of the Left, they do it one better.

Qwinn

[BunnySlippers]

This is outrageous.

[IncPen]

Send Walter Scott an email

And His Editor too...

[Mentos]

con·ser·va·tive

1) Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change.
2) Traditional or restrained in style: a conservative dark suit.
3) Moderate; cautious: a conservative estimate.
4) Of or relating to the political philosophy of conservatism.

No offense intended but IMHO the writer was was alluding to 1) rather than 4)

[SuziQ]

Maybe the writer is just afraid of strong women. ;o)

[avant_garde]

Most conservative women hold traditional values and views. So, I still take offense to answer!

[avant_garde]

Also, my Mother was a conservative woman, and I learned a lot on the trips to jail to see Dad!

[nickcarraway]

Roger Ailes in BROADCASTING & CABLE magazine:

[Ailes:]What I'm asking you to do is get here, tell a story, and reach out to a point of view you don't agree with, and be sure that it's fair in that particular piece. If somebody asks you to do a story on abortion, it's very hard, because there are no pro-life women working in newsrooms anywhere in New York. So if a woman gets on that story, you're going to have trouble getting that story.

[B&C]No pro-life women at all?

[Ailes:]None. Well, there probably are, but they're undercover. They will never acknowledge it. I've been told by many women they'll never acknowledge that position in a job interview; they'd never get hired in a news organization

[NYCVirago]

Half those letters are made up to begin with -- in particular, the ones that plug celebrities new films. Here's an example:

Q. Many big stars have made a quick buck by lending their voices to animated features. Why hasn’t Paul Newman cashed in? —Lester P., Detroit, Mich.

A. He has. Newman, 79, is contributing his gravelly voice to Pixar’s Cars, a Christmas 2005 release from Disney—the last collaboration between the two film companies. A winning race-car driver himself, Newman is the voice of the lead car (natch) on a hair-raising chase along Route 66.

Yeah, somebody just happened to write in with that question. Right.

Anyhow, back to this week's controversial letter. The suggestion that it is "very upright, conservative women" who go after men in prison is ludicrous, as any true crime fan could tell you.

[nickcarraway]

Good catch. What percentage of Walter Scott's letter are from publicicsts? Are any of his letters from ``real people?''

[NYCVirago]

Good catch. What percentage of Walter Scott's letter are from publicicsts? Are any of his letters from ``real people?''

I'm sure there's a few real letters in there, but a lot of them seem as fake as the name "Walter Scott." (Lloyd Shearer wrote the column for many years; I'm not sure who is writing it now.) I've noticed for a long time how these celebrity questions just happen to coincide with some new project a celebrity is promoting. Besides, with the internet, who needs "Walter Scott" to answer 90% of these questions anymore -- most of the queries are easily answered with a google search.

[Caipirabob]

Wow. So catching an innocent, loving woman with child and hacking her into pieces will equate some bizzare form of subliminal foreplay for conservative ladies in this woman's so called "mind"?

This "chick" must be considered "entertainment" at parties.

[kitkat]

***Good catch. What percentage of Walter Scott's letter are from publicicsts? Are any of his letters from ``real people?''***

I sincerely doubt that any of the letters are real. It is just too far a stretch to believe that those letters appear just when some celebrity is about to make a movie and needs the publicity.

Publicists send these things out by the zillions.

I've always wanted a job like the writer of that column has. Just sit back and read the publicists' stuff and then incorporate it into a column by faking the questions. No research needed.

[kitkat]

Oh, okay, so maybe some of the letters are real. But that would require "work" for the columnist to find the answer.

[OpusatFR]

Show me the study.

Show me the empirical data.

Show me your research.

Do not show me some anecdotal evidence.