Letters to the Editor
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Woohoo! Great Comic! I sure hope whoever does become a parent with her cheats on her!!!
Woohoo! I think cheating is great, especially when the woman endorses it! Who wants to be locked up?
What are women doing who get married? Stay single, make love to whomever you wish, name all the fathers on the birth certificates and get the state to garnishee their wages,
WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!
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projecting?
I saw this differently. I saw a woman unable to move on after her relationship ends. She feels bound by a promise that is no longer in effect.
I don't see this as an endorsement of infidelity, but as a simple story about how hard it is to move on to someone new after a relationship ends.
I think that you may be projecting something into what you see?
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Anonymous
Um, did you actually read the strip? Notice the woman's black eye after she swears on the lock?
Or do you consider escaping physical abuse 'infidelity'? Let me guess - you're sore that the state garnishes your wages for the women who left you after you hit them.
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Anonymous
I'm curious, what exactly is it that's wrong with you? Is it just basic stupidity, or is it something more complex, like a fundamental insensitivity to reason, or a lack of basic observational skills?
Please look into it.
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It's clear.
"Anonymous" hates women. Why? Because they don't like him. Why don't they like him? Because he hates them. A vicious circle.
But why does "Anonymous" hate women? It's apparent: one burned him, likely by "cheating" on him.
Why do women cheat? A deceptively simple question with a complex answer. Generally, women cheat because they find the man with whom they are partnered to be inadequate in some manner - an inattentive lover, an insufficient earner, an inadequate sharer: these are but a few of the more common reasons a woman may "cheat" on a man.
So it's obvious really: "Anonymous" hates women because of his own inadequacies, brought to screaming light by a woman who banged his best friend and had the temerity to enjoy it (more than she enjoyed "Anonymous").
P.S. One other thing that's clear: Carol Lay is a brilliant cartoonist possessed of a brilliant wit and piercing observations.
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Anonymous
Seriously - that was an astonishingly brain-dead response, even for you.
We got it already - you hate Carol Lay and everything she does. I hate Family Circus, so I don't waste time reading it. You might consider such a notion.
You also might consider getting a hobby...or some intensive therapy.
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Ok, it's obvious Anonymous is ignorant, but is this any better?
calgodot writes:
Why do women cheat? A deceptively simple question with a complex answer. Generally, women cheat because they find the man with whom they are partnered to be inadequate in some manner - an inattentive lover, an insufficient earner, an inadequate sharer: these are but a few of the more common reasons a woman may "cheat" on a man.
Really? That's it? Everytime a woman cheats it's because the man in the relationship is inadequate. Got it. Thanks.
Why is your bullshit generalization any better than his?
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This "cheating" discussion has nothing to do with the cartoon.
Okay first, this was a well drawn cartoon with a decent story, not as great as the week before, but I'm hard to please.
I think it's a great disservice to allow this to degrade into a lame off-topic debate about cheating using worn and hateful gender stereotypes.
More on topic: How can one be so dense to misread such a clearly presented story? The woman struggled to undo a ritual to free herself aftera violent relationship. It's not hard to figure this out - every detail was spelled out save the violence - presented visually by a black eye. Which is how cartoons tell a story.
Apparently misogyny makes one stupid.
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Dont Get It
Yes, this is a straight forward cartoon, however I can't relate to a woman that has a problem letting go of a man that beats her. I have never struck a woman in my life, but based on what I read, physically abusing a woman is at the top of the list for what women won't stand for. Do women really struggle with this ?!?
Secondly, men and women who cheat are flawed morally. It really doesn't matter what their partner is or is not giving them. A man or woman who wants sex outside their commitment must communicate it or leave the person, it's that simple. Everything else is an excuse.
Third, what do you tell a woman with 2 black eyes ?
Nothing, she's already been told twice.
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Re: Do women really struggle with this?
Yes, obviously. Sometimes the struggle is emotional--say, if a passionate first love has turned out to be abusive--but it's also frequently logistical. A woman who's married to an abuser, for instance, might worry that if she takes steps to ensure her own physical safety (or that of her children), her husband will dig his heels in and make getting a divorce more difficult. Many people also have a closely held ethic, or even a religious tenet, that says marriage is forever, and that can be hard to get past even in the face of physical abuse.
The way I read this cartoon, the female lead regrets her commitment, but feels obligated to keep it because of the ritual she performed with her partner. I figured it was roughly a metaphor for marriage, an institution that lots of folks get into with the intent to stay indefinitely, but then have to reluctantly step out of when their partners prove unwilling or unable to keep up their end of the commitment.
Once freed from an abusive or dysfunctional marriage, a woman or man looking at a new relationship might well be gun-shy about making such a serious commitment again.
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Whenever I see a Carol Lay cartoon
I hear conga drums. I don't know why, but I like it.
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Re: Do women really struggle with this?
"I can't relate to a woman that has a problem letting go of a man that beats her."
Another reason women struggle with it: fear. "Letting go" of an abusive man is not necessarily like discarding a pair of shoes. Abusive men often display obsessive behavior toward their victims, and have no intention of allowing them to leave. A common threat is, "If you try to leave me, I'll kill you", and there are all too many instances in which abusers made good on their threats. Abusers may stalk their victims across years and thousands of miles, despite numerous restraining orders and changes of residence. An abused women may become convinced that the only way to save her own life is to remain with her abuser and try to placate him, rather than enrage him by attempting escape. The head games abusers play, and the fear they engender, can be overwhelming and psychologically destructive.