House of Eratosthenes

Get ready, feminists. Anytime someone points out that men sometimes don’t receive a fair shake on things, the standard reply is to cast the complaint in a light of “whining,” to discourage anyone from giving it a hearing. It’s what you do. Reliable as a well-wound clock.

So I won’t whine, I’ll just ask the question…throw it out there. Is this reasonable?

The Hatred Men Have To Put Up With….

A couple of months ago, KTLA.Com posted a story about a woman who attacked her sleeping husband with a meat cleaver. Nowhere in the article is there mention of self-defense on her part, or a history of abuse on his part, yet a large proportion of the comments posted about this story support the woman’s actions, one even calls for other women to follow her example.

In case the link dies here is the story in full…

Cops: Wife Attacks Sleeping Husband with Meat Cleaver

KTLA News

November 19, 2008

VICTORVILLE — A local mother is accused of attacking her sleeping husband with a meat cleaver.

Officials say 33-year-old Olivia Geatian hacked at her husband’s head three times with a meat cleaver as he slept early Sunday in the couple’s Oro Grande home.

Geatian appeared in Victorville Superior Court Tuesday where she was charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon, domestic violence and attempted murder charges.
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When deputies arrived, they noticed Geatian was intoxicated, officials said, and arrested her for domestic violence and assault with a deadly weapon.

The District Attorney’s office later filed attempted murder charges against her.

The woman’s husband was hospitalized at St. Mary Medical Center where he received numerous staples and stitches to his forehead.

He was also able to speak to deputies and tell them what happened.”

and here are the more egregious comments…

“Misunderstanding
All women should follow this example. We are beaten down by the system of men. Let us set ourselves free through action. I 48 years old and almost have an associates degree from a Kentucky community college, I can see the bigger picture. Let this woman go, let her be the part of the revolution.
Posted by G.B. at 4:48 pm Nov 25, 2008”

“Bummer!
Good for her!
Posted by Boo-Bear at 1:00 am Nov 23, 2008”

“he probably deserved it.
you wonder why women go crazy, SOME MEN MAKE US CRAZY. LEARN HOW TO TREAT US LIKE LADIES AND WE’LL ACT LIKE LADIES
Posted by MARCI at 12:12 pm Nov 21, 2008”

“haha
i bet he deserved it
Posted by jessy at 1:34 pm Nov 20, 2008”

“getting crazy
This lady must of put up with a lot of his crap, before she got to this point of attacking her husband I am sure the public will find out more details to the story.
Posted by edna r. at 12:00 pm Nov 20, 2008”

“Hmmmmm
Perhaps there is more to this story than there appears. However…….what if the man was flirting with another woman, or worse? We dont know what kind of party it was, after all.
Posted by Yami at 8:27 am Nov 20, 2008”

“MY HERO
SHOULD OF CHOPPED OFF HIS WEINY
Posted by FLO at 7:36 am Nov 20, 2008”

“curiuos
I wonder what he did. You know she had to have a good reason to get him like that. Don’t judge till you get the whole story.
Posted by melissa at 1:43 am Nov 20, 2008”

“only 3 whacks!
she should have hit him harder
Posted by noinabo at 10:31 pm Nov 19, 2008”

From the spelling errors, it’s probably safe to presume these are not influential pillars of society, in spite of the education from such prestigious universities as a community college in Kentucky. But the people who are in charge, listen to this kind of anger, and we are reminded once again that there is no actual experience necessary to get it aroused. A lot of pinheads out there just want to hate men. Maybe they were wronged once upon a time…maybe they find it’s just an effective way to make new friends.

But this wouldn’t be such a bad thing if it was only the hateful people who were engaged in it. As it is, a lot of folks are generally supportive of men, or at least think they are — and somehow, irrationally, inexplicably, find it necessary to insert some transgression committed by the man. As blogger Porky points out, there is no mention in the story of such a thing taking place. Some of the other comments speculate that gosh darn it, he must’ve done something to tick her off. Maybe did some groping at the party held earlier, that inspired some jealous rage. Nice compromise. The attempted murder was a disproportionate response — but it was justified, somehow, nevertheless. We “know” it.

We don’t know it. This may come as a shock, but it’s not at all a rare thing in the dealings between the male and the female, that a less-balanced female will occasionally get-it-in-her-head that the male is supposed to do something. And she’s quite agreeable about the negotiations that must ensue. She’s agreeable as long as he does it.

Trouble is, it isn’t common knowledge just how quickly that veneer of agreeability can fall away, and how completely, if he doesn’t do what she wants. That’s because it isn’t common for men to refuse.

So no, I’m afraid we don’t know he “must’ve done something” to cheese her off. I’ve dated my share of imbalanced females…perhaps, before they find me appealing, something has to be slightly off-kilter up there. Whatever the reason, I’m in a position to state: A lot of times the provocation doesn’t really matter. Anger follows anger, like links in a grisly chain. It’s every bit as likely the altercation was about something he wasn’t going to do, as about something he did do.

And there is something terribly wrong with people who feel the compulsion to insert that bit of fiction into stories like this. Something so wrong, that it would interfere with any and all decision-making, even the most basic kind. And I don’t care what community college you went to in Kentucky, it’ll leave you less capable of dealing with life, and getting along with people.

Go ahead. Come at me with the standard defense of “Yeah but all women who swing axes at their husbands skulls aren’t like that.”

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