Archive for November, 2009
November 30, 2009
HANNA ROSIN: Why Tiger’s Not Talking. “If he admits she hit him, she could end up in jail, whether he likes it or not.”
Rosin is entirely wrong, however, to call female abusers “mythical.” For example, see this study: “The study, published in the journal Violence and Victims, also found no independent link between an individual’s use of alcohol or drugs and committing domestic violence. In addition it showed that nearly twice as many women as men said they perpetrated domestic violence in the past year, including kicking, biting or punching a partner, threatening to hit or throw something at a partner, and pushing, grabbing or shoving a partner, said Herrenkohl.”
And note this from the American Psychological Association: “Several studies of domestic violence have suggested that males and females in relationships have an equal likelihood of acting out physical aggression, although differing in tactics and potential for causing injury (e.g., women assailants will more likely throw something, slap, kick, bite, or punch their partner, or hit them with an object, while males will more likely beat up their partners, and choke or strangle them). In addition, data show that that intimate partner violence rates among heterosexual and gay and lesbian teens do not differ significantly.”
Then there’s the fact that Rosin herself mentions a number of well-known abusive celebrity women (Tawny Kitaen, et al.) in the process of writing a piece about, well . . . .
Rosin also writes: “It is impossible to imagine Tiger occupying the same cultural brain space as Rihanna, with Nordegren playing Chris Brown. If Tiger had been chasing down his wife with a golf club and she had shown up with bruises, even if she had cheated with, say, K-fed, we would be a lot less ambivalent and complacent.” That’s probably correct, for certain values of the word “we,” but why is that, exactly? Cheating men deserve to be beaten, even with weapons, while cheating women do not?
Or could it be, you know, sexism? But that’s not possible, because Hanna Rosin can’t be sexist, and neither can those who agree with her. If you’re Hanna Rosin, “sexist” is a name you call other people. You know, bad people who believe in stereotypes and stuff.
BITES FROM THE APPLE: A roundup of news from the Apple empire. Including testing the new iPhone, and a weight-loss app that seems to work.
THE ANCHORESS on the White House gatecrashing story and who knew who.
HAIR OF THE DOG: Katie Couric gets down with Stephen Green.
A ROUNDUP: Cutoff dates for free shipping at various online merchants.
PJTV: Warmists Give ClimateGate The Cold Shoulder. “What do Geenpeace, the Sierra Club, the Center for American Progress have to say about the growing Climategate scandal?”
Looking kind of nervous.
FROM POPULAR SCIENCE, a buyer’s guide to netbooks.
AT AMAZON, Cyber Monday markdowns on Jewelry.
MEGAN MCARDLE ON HEALTHCARE AND ABORTION: “As the Senate moves to debate the Senate health care bill, we’re seeing another stream of opinion pieces that fall into the broad category of ‘Oh my God! Who would have thought that a government run health care plan would make coverage decisions based on political considerations?'”
Where the government’s involved, it’s all political. Which is why feminists shouldn’t back government healthcare, when (1) public sentiment is becoming less pro-choice; and (2) on healthcare, women are already taking more than their share.
THE CONSENT of the governed.
FROM ROGER KIMBALL, praise for cartoonist Chris Muir.
POLITICO: Seven Stories Obama Doesn’t Want Told.
SARAH PALIN’S GOVERNING PHILOSOPHY, as expressed in her book, Going Rogue.
BIG GOVERNMENT: Why Kenneth Gladney Was Beaten, And By Whom. Andrew Breitbart emails: “Very important read. People need to understand what happened.”
Plus this promise: “Tomorrow we will show how the people who are now charged with assaulting him are connected to SEIU and HCAN, how they followed HCAN’s instructions perfectly which inevitably led to the violence, and we will show how St. Louis was not the only meeting that followed HCAN’s template and ended in much the same way.”
Related: St. Louis County Prosecutors Never Checked Gladney Hospital Records. Covering?
BRIAN FAUGHNAN: Why Is Barack Obama So Dead Set Against Gay Rights? “Barack Obama has disillusioned many of his liberal supporters by taking a stance in opposition to gay marriage, and by dragging his heels on repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. But now it appears he’s such a committed opponent of gay rights, that his administration is even willing to ignore a court order on interpreting the law with regard to federal health benefits.”
COPENHAGEN? More Like Carbonhagen! I’ll believe it’s a crisis when they do these shindigs via videoconference.
Related: Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, flew 443,243 miles in a 19 month period while speaking against global warming. A fraud, a hypocrite, and probably a liar. Somebody tell this guy about Skype and iChat.