Doonesbury strip shows man's head on platter (5/23/04)

Started by mens_issues, May 23, 2004, 09:36 AM

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mens_issues

The Doonesbury comic strip (by Gary Trudeau) for May 23 shows the character "Joanie" carrying a platter with a university president's head on it.  The headless man says "What's this?" to which she replies "A good start."

Here is a link to the strip:

http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/

Universal Press apologized for running the strip so soon after Nicholas Berg's beheading in Iraq.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0516doonesbury16.html

Why it would be OK to have published the cartoon if the beheading had not recently taken place?

Steve
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napnip

Quote from: "mens_issues"
Why it would be OK to have published the cartoon if the beheading had not recently taken place?

Steve


Because men don't count.

If that had been a woman's head on a platter, one can only imagine the outcry from Femborg, Inc.
i] We drank our toast to innocence,
We drank our toast to now.
We tried to reach beyond the emptiness,
But neither one knew how. [/i]

Daymar

One of the comments I've heard that was a reason against women being drafted was "the public isn't ready for women to start being sent home in body bags."

mens_issues

My response to the May 23 Doonesbury comic strip at:

http://www.doonesbury.com/media/contact/index.html

Garry Trudeau apologized for running the May 23 "head on a platter" strip so soon after Nicholas Berg's beheading in Iraq. As a men's issues advocate, I have to ask why it would be OK to have published the cartoon if the beheading had not recently taken place.

There is a double standard in the media in which violence against women is (rightly) presented as abhorrent, while violence against men is (wrongly) portrayed as humorous and well-deserved. This particular strip is yet another example of this.

In my view, sexism in the media is a two-way street. While the media is vigilant against misogyny, it's male-bashing (misandry) goes largely unchecked. This must cease if Western society is to achieve a balanced approach to gender equality for men as well as women.

Steven G. Van Valkenburg
Founder of Men's Issues Online
-a voice for men's advocacy
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dr e

Well said Steven.  The most frustrating aspect of this is that most people, both men and women, simply can't see the misandry.  They are simply blind to it.  We have lots of work to do.
Contact dr e  Lifeboats for the ladies and children, icy waters for the men.  Women have rights and men have responsibilties.

Bilbo

Gary Trudeau's liberal political bent far surpassed his actual intellect a long time ago.
It is impossible to reason a man out of something he was never reasoned into in the first place- Swift

"The cardinal principle of judicial restraint--if it is not necessary to decide more, it is necessary not to decide more."

Stallywood

Quote from: "Daymar"
One of the comments I've heard that was a reason against women being drafted was "the public isn't ready for women to start being sent home in body bags."



In other words women are worth more than men. Another proff that society doesnt give a damn for men.  Oh, except for on the personal level like a sister towards her brother or a wife towards her hubby. But I can even look with cynicism at the wife/hubby relationship at times, because of her vested interest in his staying alive.
Stally
Gentleman is a man who consciously serves women. I prefer the golden rule.

Behind every great man, is a
parasite.

Women who say men won't commit, usually aren't worth committing to.

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