Tuesday, July 23, 2013

So We're OK With Violence Against Men Eh?

Above is the new video by KFC. Let's go over it.

Man introduces himself to a woman. We'll call this the "bar scenario". Offers her some KFC. We'll call this the "Can I buy you a drink" scenario. Woman tastes the KFC bites and is so overwhelmed with emotion that she slaps the man in his face. We'll call this the "Violence against men" Scenario. This is of course a play on the widely socially acceptable phenomenon where women are allowed to hit men, in public, with no consequences whatsoever.

We'll call this the "culture of violence"

She *could* have given him a light "friendly tap" on the shoulder. She could have kept her hands to herself. The situation could have been one where there were two women and they hit each other. It could have been a situation where the dude slaps the woman in the face. Oh wait....that last one couldn't have been done.

So remember, when a woman is slapped in public by a man it's violence against women and condemned far and wide but if a man is slapped in public by a woman he "must have done something to deserve it". Besides we shouldn't expect women to control themselves when they feel an onslaught of emotion....