Video: Bad Hollywood Behavior

Rizzo,

The media focus on behavior, not gender. There are more occurrences of MissBehaving — with more-frequent repeat performances and greater skin exposure. Drama and fame are what the cameras follow, period.

Britney Spears showed her bare vagina to the media four times in one week and was never prosecuted for indecent exposure. Is that not a double standard? Katie Couric slapped a male subordinate and was never prosecuted — AND, the media never covered the story. Double standard? You bet … with an interesting twist: she committed battery against a man. Escaping prosecution from a DUI would outrage the nation. Escaping prosecution for hurting a man is something the media want to overlook.

Paris Hilton cannot get enough of the camera. Lindsay Lohan the same. What camera doesn’t want to capture repeat stupidity of bad girls?

When Arnold was running for governor of California, some women from his past tried to smear him. The cameras dogged him for months. Months. Same happened to Bill Clinton. Last I checked, these are men.

When you add it up, female stars get into more trouble, more often, showing more skin than men. Women are constantly MissBehaving — because they think America loves it, and they are correct. THAT is why they are constantly in the news.

Given the same opportunity tomorrow, I would repeat my line that all girls crave attention.

anti armchair generals,

Give me a break. The reason men get short shrift in the media is that they rarely protest about the negative portrayal of men. They sit there, drink beer, whine on MND, and then drop it.

When there is a topic to discuss, in a specific article such as this one (actually, it is a TV appearance) you must stick to the topic. Veering off the topic is a good way to get ignored and receive short shrift.

Men are never going to destroy misandry until they focus like a laser beam with conviction over the long haul. Men tend to whine and complain to themselves and amongst themselves, but never take effective action — a total waste of time.

This TV appearance of mine is about whether the Hollywood media favor bad boys over bad girls. It is not about anything else.

If you want to discuss anything else, you are free to become an author to write your own articles.

The Biscuit Queen,

First, please allow me to address a pet peeve of mine: media is a plural, not singular, word. The singular form is medium. Many broadcasters mistakenly use the word media. It is incorrect to say the media is, the media does, the media slants, etc. The media are, the media do, the media slant are correct forms.

Second, the way to be an effective communicator is to say as little as possible, in as short a space or timespan as possible, and to be noticed, remembered, and quoted. So, I respectfully disagree with your premise about effective communication.