BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
There is a prevailing
myth that tells a boy that he should not hit a girl and that warning ostensibly
continues into adulthood. The problem is that with most myths, the whole
implication is not exposed. The myth should add the important words, "in
public".
So behind closed
doors, out of sight and with little compunction, men regularly beat up
on women with little or no public knowledge or censure unless his unloving
touch sends her to a hospital or the morgue.
 Interestingly
this myth has been advanced recently as the reason the wives of Hillary
Clinton's presidential primary opponents joined in the fray with their
separate attacks.
Elizabeth Edwards,
always admirable, took the course of directness. She contended that her
husband would do more for women than Hillary would. She was up front and
named names.
On the other hand,
Michelle Obama took a rather sneaky, indirect
approach and pretended that she was not talking about Hillary at all. She
declared that anyone who could not keep their own house in order would
not keep the White House in order.
Of course, the Obama
campaign quickly said that she was only talking of how her husband kept
his own house in order. But as the campaign that approved her remarks knew,
her words would be taken up by the media and reverberate for many news
cycles as an attack against Hillary. Also, it provided just one more opportunity
for media exposure for Barack to deny what was obvious.
Then there is Hillary-basher-in-chief,
Arianna Huffington who apparently started her blog for the sole purpose
of tearing down and ripping apart every thing about Hillary that she can.
The site is so heavily moderated that it seldom will print a reply post
that disagrees.
Meanwhile John and
Barack are presenting themselves as pure and prescient, claiming to be
Washington outsiders uncontaminated with corporate funding. Their claims
do not all hold water as investigation has shown that they get corporate
monies indirectly or laundered.
If there's mud
to sling, the wives and honorary wife, Arianna, step forward in the time
tested belief that it's OK for a woman to beat up another woman in public.
But mainly, the boys are sticking to the issues and
following Hillary's lead to attack the real problem for America -- George
Bush. But we all know they are doing plenty of beating up of Hillary using
surrogates behind closed doors.
Recently, a great
cartoon vividly reflected our country's attitude. It showed a dog with
numerous scars, welts and a broken paw sitting on a bench with a woman
with numerous scars, welts and a broken arm.
 The
dog says, "MY ABUSER IS GOING TO JAIL TONIGHT!"
The woman replies,
"THAT'S NICE. MINE'S GOING TO PITCH A MAJOR LEAGUE GAME."
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2007 Renee T. Louise and Ruth M. Sprague, Ph.D. These articles may be republished
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