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libodem

(19,288 posts)
5. To the moon, Alice
Sun May 20, 2012, 11:58 AM
May 2012

Ralph always seemed to be threatening to punch his wife but never did. That we saw. Both sexes can be provoked to violent behavior. Men by nature are stronger and have the male hormones that drive aggression. Testosterone verses estrogen. Men have much responsibility to maintain the drives that come with the chemistry because if they do go to beating us up we mostly come out on the losing end. It's pitiful to see a beaten woman or a child because of the power inequity. It is not a fair fight. I think most men must feel remorse at the loss of control and abuse of another. But do it over and over, without some treatment.

The bad tv is another story. I've been next to bedridden for the last couple of years and had a tv with rabbit ears for entertainment. I've watched so much Raymond and Chris I'm warpped for life.

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My aged mom watches a lot of shitty tv. [View all] Warren Stupidity May 2012 OP
I can't watch crappy tv. Life is too short. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #1
Like I said, it ain't my choice. Warren Stupidity May 2012 #2
Well, you have my sympathy. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #3
This is an excellent point. lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #4
To the moon, Alice libodem May 2012 #5
it's evolving Kaleva May 2012 #6
No different than a lot of things on TV ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2012 #7
I don't think many here feels threatened, insulted or even degraded by such characterizations Kaleva May 2012 #8
While I agree, if we applied the same level of analysis as is done by the word warriors Warren Stupidity May 2012 #9
"It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt." lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #10
Is your 2nd paragraph a Mad Men reference? 4th law of robotics May 2012 #12
Yeah.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2012 #13
It's also pretty standard for a wife to refer to her husband as an idiot 4th law of robotics May 2012 #11
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