In other words, a woman hater, and someone who sees all women as rivals. Florence King wrote about her type in “Southern Ladies and Gentlemen.” To paraphrase Miss King, Laura is the type who is always sticking the stiletto in the ribs of women (metaphorically speaking) and undermining them, but in such a way that men never pick up on it.
Exactly. Though I'm not sure it's a case of men not being able to pick up on it so much as men -- some men -- liking it. Not in a well-thought-out way, of course, but they like the gist of it.
Some men prefer women to be more like them, and a woman who makes a point of saying, in essence, "I'm not like those silly women, I'm more like a man" is making a play for that kind of man. (The Seinfeld kind of man. Remember that episode where Jerry says he's in love? "I've found what I've been looking for my whole life. ME!")
We all knew her in HS, didn’t we?
And wasn’t there a scene like that the last Stephanie Plum novel?
(ex-philandering hubby talking about new GF)
“You know, Joyce is nice, she’s not a b!tich like you.... you could learn things from her...in fact, maybe you could learn to do your hair like her....”
(just before Steph was on top of him banging his head on the concrete)
We are Stephie-—
Dr. Laura is Joyce ;)
My wife used to listen to Dr. Laura everyday, and I listened with her a few times. All I ever heard was Dr. Laura pleading, no, insisting that women stand up for themselves, respect themselves, and not put up with lazy, cheating men. Is there another Dr. Laura that I am not aware of?