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There Is Always a Cost and Sometimes Life Sucks
Like all parents I have tried to impart some wisdom to my kids and teach them certain facts about life. All three of them grappled with the fact that, unlike life in the movies and TV, in real life everything has a cost, and bad things may happen to you without any recompense. During their childhood when something bad happened my kids would sometimes get angry and would demand that “we sue.” I finally figured out that they saw “suing someone” as a way of getting some sort of justice. In TV land the bad guys usually get their comeuppance and people are made whole with no cost to anyone except the bad guy. We are a sue-happy society and it’s no surprise that our children pick up on this.
But the cost to our society is that we now have a generation that thinks that there should always be someone in power who puts things right on their behalf and that nothing bad should ever happen without there being some sort of justice. Since this is the generation who got participation trophies so their self esteem wouldn’t be damaged, we have raised a really sensitive bunch of kids.
If a drunk driver slams into your car, the justice system should give you relief and try to make you whole. But the damages from a car wreck are far different then getting your feelings hurt by a speaker on campus. Do we want people demanding and worse, expecting, protection from feeling unsafe because someone said something hurtful? Should these so-called victims be made whole and at what cost to our society? What if the cost is a limitation on free speech just because we never taught our kids that sometimes bad things (hurt feelings) happen and that’s life?
This desire to be protected from anything uncomfortable and not nice can also be seen in the Bill O’Reilly story. He may be worst person in the world, I have no idea. But if my daughter had come home and told me that he made the stupid blonde comment and thanked her for her blondness, I think I might have laughed at this really silly comment. I wouldn’t have told her to go to HR, I would have told her that she needed to stand up for herself. Pointing out respectfully that, given his age, if he couldn’t tell the difference between all the blondes, he should go see the doctor get himself some glasses would have probably shut him up. Now if he had threatened her job or groped her, then its time to talk to HR and fight for her rights. But if she didn’t first try to stand up for herself, then she would have paid the cost of a diminished sense that she is in control of her life.
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I thought much he same way when Megan Kelly was wearing spaghetti-strap dresses on her television show. I love seeing beautiful women in sexy clothes, but come on.
I know!! Toward the end there, she looked like she was dressing for some kind of gala.
“News of the World” supplement: Live…Even the long hair on most of the hostesses – can I use that word? – looks ridiculous.
Most of the Fox Babes have hair extensions. Megyn Kelly’s were horrible and way too long.
Give me Catherine Herridge and Jennifer Griffin, any day: Strong, smart, beautiful women – in every sense of the word.
Most probably the object is to encourage men to watch Fox if the women look sexy enough. Given their ratings success, they’ve no doubt succeeded, but don’t you think there’s a way for a woman to look elegantly sexy enough to attract the male eyeballs without looking cheap? Women like former LA deputy district attorney Kimberly Guilfoyle have impressive resumes but are easily dismissed owing to wardrobe choices. She looks like a bimbo most of the time.
Mike, we need to hear from you. Are we just being catty about the way these gals dress? We can take it if you think so.
I agree it’s apparently a formula that works. I mean “Fox Newsbabe” is a thing. There are even YouTube video compilations. Dana Perino always looks like a lady. I agree re Guilfoyle, who is actually a natural beauty and looked so wholesome when she first started on Fox. Now she looks like a Las Vegas hooker. False eyelashes, black eyeliner, splotches of bright pink blusher, it’s ridiculous. And lately I’m pretty sure she has started injecting fillers into her face. It’s subtle so far, and I hope she doesn’t go overboard with that. I do think she’s really beautiful and smart.
“I only buy Playboy for the articles.”
I’ll note that Dana Perrino is always dressed modestly. Unlike her co-hort, Kimberley Guilfoyle. At some point I think the women can choose to dress as they wish. I don’t think there are any excuses at some point.
No, I don’t think y’all are being catty. I recall a saying from my college years: dress for the job you want. Well, if a woman is dressing provocatively in the workplace, what job does she want?
Thank you Mr. Cheerleader Man; your words are vindication for everything we’ve said. I feel better as I was beginning to think we were being a bit too enthusiastic with our criticism. Women can be pretty tough on each other.
You’re right GWW–I resent women who dress like prostitutes, say they only dress for themselves, and then complain when men ogle them. Please! ;-)