2008 Woodie Awards
Baldwin's comment provoked by man abuse
Lily Fahel
Issue date: 5/9/07 Section: Opinion
I was observing all the fuss over the Alec Baldwin voice message that he left for his 11-year-old daughter, Ireland, calling her a "rude thoughtless little pig."
Hearing the frustration in Baldwin's voice made me suspect that even though he was the one doing the yelling, he is the victim in this situation.
I'm always hearing about women being emotionally, verbally, and physically abused, how they're neglected by their partners, etc. At the risk of sounding like a male advocate here, what about the men who suffer at the hands of women?
I truly believe that Baldwin was the victim in this particular circumstance.
He made sure to always take the time out of his busy schedule and commit to making the appointed phone calls to his child and yet she was neglecting to answer his calls. Does anyone else think that maybe her mother encouraged this behavior in an attempt to frustrate Baldwin and get him to do precisely what he did? Who else would have released the voicemail?
It makes me sick how women use their sex and their children as tools to get what they want in situations such as this. I've seen it done over and over. Nobody takes the time to think about the men who are truly innocent and have been massacred by these women. I've heard several divorce attorneys call the state of California "the woman's state," meaning women get a lot of slack here.
Last week in the newsroom one of my fellow staff writers was telling me about a woman who was raped and actually helped her rapist get her tight jeans off.
How often does that happen? I'm thinking she may just be a scorned girlfriend accusing this man of raping her.
There are a lot of viscious and malicious women out there who would do anything to get their revenge or perhaps their cut in what is almost always a messy divorce or breakup.
I am certainly not disregarding the many women who truly are being victimized and done wrong, but let's face it. A lot of women just take on the role of the victim.
Hearing the frustration in Baldwin's voice made me suspect that even though he was the one doing the yelling, he is the victim in this situation.
I'm always hearing about women being emotionally, verbally, and physically abused, how they're neglected by their partners, etc. At the risk of sounding like a male advocate here, what about the men who suffer at the hands of women?
I truly believe that Baldwin was the victim in this particular circumstance.
He made sure to always take the time out of his busy schedule and commit to making the appointed phone calls to his child and yet she was neglecting to answer his calls. Does anyone else think that maybe her mother encouraged this behavior in an attempt to frustrate Baldwin and get him to do precisely what he did? Who else would have released the voicemail?
It makes me sick how women use their sex and their children as tools to get what they want in situations such as this. I've seen it done over and over. Nobody takes the time to think about the men who are truly innocent and have been massacred by these women. I've heard several divorce attorneys call the state of California "the woman's state," meaning women get a lot of slack here.
Last week in the newsroom one of my fellow staff writers was telling me about a woman who was raped and actually helped her rapist get her tight jeans off.
How often does that happen? I'm thinking she may just be a scorned girlfriend accusing this man of raping her.
There are a lot of viscious and malicious women out there who would do anything to get their revenge or perhaps their cut in what is almost always a messy divorce or breakup.
I am certainly not disregarding the many women who truly are being victimized and done wrong, but let's face it. A lot of women just take on the role of the victim.
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