Posted on 01/23/2005 6:09:58 PM PST by FreeManDC
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Curtis: A Wife Can Break Husband’s Arm if he Forgets their Anniversary
Contact Ray Billingsley (the comic strip artist) and King Features Syndicate (which distributes the comic strip) and tell them the following:
1. The Curtis comic strip which ran on January 18, 2005 represents mean-spirited and highly inappropriate humor. 2. The comic strip reinforces a societal double-standard which warns, “There is no excuse for domestic violence” when the victim is female; but then says, “But it’s perfectly fine for a wife to injure and maim her husband.” 3. Mr. Billingsley’s comic strip is extremely offensive to the hundreds of thousands of men who suffer from domestic violence each year.
These are the people to contact:
1. Ray Billingsley: a. E-mail: kfs-cartoonists@hearst.com [kfs-cartoonists-at-hearst.com]
2. King Features Syndicate – a. Rose McAlister, Promotion Manager: i. E-mail: kfs-public-relations@hearst.com [kfs-public-relations-at-hearst.com] ii. Telephone 1-212-455-4180 b. Keith McCloat, Vice President: i. Telephone: 1-212-455-4000 ii. Snail mail: King Features, 2nd floor, 888 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10019
3. Your local newspaper, if your paper features the Curtis comic strip.
Folks, this “humor” is downright offensive. Would King Features run a similar comic strip if the butt of the joke was a woman? Then why do they tolerate this double-standard?
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Ray Billingsley is an artist whose comic strips “always try to influence his young readers in positive ways,” according to his own description. His Curtis comic runs in more than 250 newspapers nationwide [www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/curtis/bio.htm].
On January 18, the Curtis comic went like this:
Frame 1: Hearing the sound of a baby crying, Greg runs in the front door. Greg exclaims to his wife, “Diane, what is THAT?!” Diane deadpans, “It’s a baby, Greg!”
Frame 2: Greg responds, “I know what it is! I mean, Why is it HERE?”
Frame 3: Diane explains what the baby is unable to say: “I’m from next door! My daddy got a black eye and a broken arm, and mommy had to rush him to the emergency room!”
Frame 4: Greg is appalled. He wonders, “Oh, man! Poor guy! What happened?” Diane then lands the punch line: “He forgot her birthday for the third year in a row.”
You can see the comic strip by visiting the website of the Seattle Post-Intelligence: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/curtis.asp?date=20050118. However, if your computer has Norton Internet Security, you may first need to adjust your Privacy Control.
If you are unable to see the actual comic strip, the information about the four frames presented above is accurate and complete.
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Must we be liberals....only opposite?
It isn't a matter of getting your knickers in a twist---the point is a valid one.
If the roles were reversed, the libs would be screaming to the heavens.
Didn't you see that episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show where Rob takes judo lessons so Laura won't be tougher than him anymore?
Of course, men who form whiny victim groups and men whose wives can beat them up are probably groups with a great deal of overlap.
That's because they are hypersensitive wussies.
Let's not be like them.
I don't think it's so much hypersensitive as pointing out the hyposcrisy.
There's nothing like hositing the liberals on their own petard.
;-)
If it were only the comic strip, I'd pretty much agree. It isn't.
You can't go see a movie today that doesn't have some guy getting slapped, punched, kicked, patted on the ass, kicked in the crotch or hit over the head with an instrument. It isn't funny.
The very things women spent decades trying to educate men about, are now the funnies things when perpetrated on males.
I doubt many men take notice of these things. Guys, I'd advise you to do so. You're sons are going to be subject to some pretty interesting double standards if you don't.
People act out what they see in film. It it's acceptable for the 'royal class' in America to do these things on film, then those acts are going to be seen creeping into domestic situations. That is not good.
It's the shallow women's movement that should be ashamed of themselves. If one tenth of the physical activity leveled againt men in movies today were perpetrated against females instead, we'd hear screams of bloody murder. Today these feminist wind-bags remain silent.
Yeah, it's a lame attempt at humor... and yeah, if the gender roles were reversed then the libs would be hitting the fan right now...
...but one of the differences between the Right and the Left is that we understand the difference between cartoons and reality?
Your point, however, about violence being a two-way street is well taken. Men can be abused by women just as easily (and some studie suggest, just as often) the other way around. Those in the "abuse industry" know that fact, but due to their roots in '70s feminism they don't exactly publicise the fact.
http://www.csulb.edu/~mfiebert/assault.htm
SUMMARY: This bibliography examines 155 scholarly investigations: 126 empirical studies and 29 reviews and/or analyses, which demonstrate that women are as physically aggressive, or more aggressive, than men in their relationships with their spouses or male partners. The aggregate sample size in the reviewed studies exceeds 116,000.
Laura did not physically maim Rob. In fact she did not want to do the judo thing on him, he had to persuade her. Your analogy doesn't work here.
If we don't call them on stuff like this it will never stop with them. There is nothing funny about b*tchy women physically hurting men just because they can.
"I'm sorry, I can't dance with you. My wife would break my jaw!"
"I'm sorry, I can't dance with you. My husband would break my jaw!"
One of those is mildly amusing. The other is distinctly creepy.
Thanks for the link. I am glad that the word has been getting out, that men are not the sole perps of violence in the home. I'm not sure how it goes today, but there was a time when all a woman had to do was lift the phone and the husband was out on the street. I would hope that the perp of violence would be the one to have to leave the home to maintain peace, if that's what it took.
It's not a analogy. It's an example of the common view of men who are physically weaker than their wives.
Remember the ribbing Rob took when Laura had to defend him?
If women get to hit men for that silly crap then men should get to hit women for scratching the car or burning the supper.
I'm not really sure the exact point you're trying to make Scott. Let me say this. I've been in situations where the female wanted to mix it up. If I'd have lifted a finger to stop it or respond I'd have been the bad guy. Folks can laugh this off all they want, it's an exremely stressful situation for the guy to be in. I was not physically injured in the situations that I was involved in. When it was over, I was a total nervous wreck internally. Externally I looked like it didn't bother me at all.
Violence from either individual in a relationship is WRONG. It's dead wrong. If the woman goads the guy into responding, guess who's the bad guy no matter what. She could have wailed on him for hours. Once punch back and he's in jail.
If you guys haven't been involved in this, take it form someone who has. It's a very bad situation to be in. And if you have children in the home, it's very difficult to cut and run, knowing women get the custody in the vast number of cases.
Hearing the sound of a baby crying, Greg runs in the front door. Greg exclaims to his wife, “Diane, what is THAT?!” Diane deadpans, “It’s a baby, Greg!”
Frame 2: Greg responds, “I know what it is! I mean, Why is it HERE?”
Frame 3: Diane explains what the baby is unable to say: “I’m from next door! My daddy got a black eye and a broken arm, and mommy had to rush him to the emergency room!”
Frame 4: Greg is appalled. He wonders, “Oh, man! Poor guy! What happened?” Diane then lands the punch line: “He forgot her birthday for the third year in a row.”
Its a comic strip some folks need to get a life
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