U Not Gonna Like This

This is a site I've stumbled upon 2 times while doing my research and have lost it both times...

Now I bring you JJ's Garage:

http://www.jjgarage.com


Here's something from his October 2007 archives:


Oprah Winfrey produced a program about Clara Harris, the wife who killed her husband by running him over multiple times with her car while their daughter was sitting in the front seat. This video comes from her website, and is located in the After the Show section. These segments are recorded after the actual show is finished, and involves Oprah discussing the day's show with the audience. Here is what I found so disturbing:



1. While I didn't actually see the main show on Clara Harris, it is obvious that Oprah is sympathetic with her. Oprah recently gave airtime to female husband killer Mary Winkler. It appears the Oprah show has become a showcase for diminishing and excusing female-on-male violence. Don't believe me? Read on.



2. She discusses with a woman in the audience the actions she took when she found out her husband was cheating on her. The woman took a baseball bat and violently attacked his car while he was still in it. But it's the reaction of the audiences that's even more disturbing - they loudly cheer in approval!



3. The next few minutes consist of an overwhelming distinction of compassion and understanding for all women who have found themselves cheated upon, including compassion and understanding for their sudden sense of rage towards the man who did this to them. Question: When was the last time Oprah invited men on her show that were betrayed by women and these men were offered prodigious amounts of compassion and understanding even though they vented their anger towards the women in some unacceptable manner? It hasn't happened, and never will.



4. Towards the end of the video, Oprah tells her all female audience that they are excused from a domestic violence situation perpetrated upon a man, one time only, as long as it is done when they are young!


Here is a copy of the video he is talking about in the article.


Here's another article from his Nov. 2007 archives:



* 06-Nov-2007 05:16 PM --> Yesterday I wrote about how I feel women are just as guilty for their own degradation and over sexualization. I explained how women try to place shame, guilt, and blame on men for their objectification of women, but avoid accountability for their own behavior by labeling their objectifications of women as benevolent actions. I found this article today that fits the patterns I discussed previously.




A group of women in Ohio called the "Titty Committee" walked around topless to protest society's sexism and double standards against women. The group was cited for disorderly conduct, but chose to fight the charges. The case wound up in the Ohio Supreme Court. The women fought the charges on the premise of inequality, demanding the same treatment as men who are allowed to go topless in public, and the right to free speech. They lost. Again, when women objectify themselves, it is for a greater good. When men use the same behavior and tactics, it's considered degrading.




"Ruling: Woman's topless protest not protected by First Amendment" Note: After yesterday's article, I received emails reminding me about women's magazines objectifying women, and emphasizing that they are run by women, how female porn viewers on the net are growing, and how female entertainers use female over-sexualization to sell their CD's and nobody is going after them.




He has some very good post. So go check him out..