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ok, so I really don't know anything about the people involved in this, but if what the Sun is reporting about Angela Bostock and Steve McFadden is true, it doesn't sound to me like like it's just a publicity stunt, primarily because of this:
"The friend said: “Angela was in a complete state. She came tearing out of the house and thrust their baby daughter Mollie into Steve’s arms.
“She then whacked him across the face, as he was holding the baby. He staggered a bit but managed not to drop the child."
I just don't think any reasonable person would attack someone who's holding a baby, even if it's all set up. If it's a publicity stunt, there's no reason to involve a baby, and it makes Angela Bostock look really bad, even worse than she looks for hitting him. And seriously, if she's really his ex, why would she be willing to let the papers portray her as violent just to give him publicity? Would you be willing to be known as a violent person just to give your ex some publicity?
Weird coincidences do happen. And violence against men by women happens, too. I wonder if it would seem easier to believe if it were the 2 guys who'd gotten violent, rather than the women. I know you all know that women can be violent and all, and I'm not trying to say that you specifically are biased to think that women generally don't perpetuate domestic violence against men, but in the media and such we hardly ever hear about domestic violence against men. I think that may have a lot to do with the fact that men are often pysically stronger and thus more able to defend themselves, so they don't get as hurt when it happens, and are less likely to go to the police or tell people about it because they don't want to admit to having been injured by women.
and I know this is off topic but...
speaking of violence done by women to their ex's, did anyone read this horrible news story? I can't believe Gail O'Toole only got 6 months probation for doing something like that (why are our prisons filled with people with drug problems when psychos like Gail O'Toole don't spend any time there?). It says in another article (which I can't link to, because it was on my ISP in an area for members) that she admitted to drugging him so that he would fall asleep, and according to the article I linked to, when he woke up he found, "his penis glued to his stomach, his testicles glued to his leg and his rectum glued shut." It says in yet another article that the guy did win the civil suit and is going to get a lot of money from her, but aside from the obvious fact that she should have to pay for his medical bills and the like, money doesn't really do much to help someone emotionally heal from something like that, and 6 months probation and being forced to be even more empoverished than she already was doesn't really deal with the fact that she's a psycho.
ugh. I fucking hate violence. I'm glad the guys the thread was started about didn't actually get hurt. (again, I don't know anything about those people, so I really don't know if it was a publicity stunt or whatever....) |
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