december
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Post by december on Mar 6, 2007 20:54:37 GMT -4
Wow looks like those "How to treat women" seminars the NRL put on last season or so, worked really well. I could never be a professional sportman's wife, I know not all of them do it, but between the NRL, some AFL, Shane Warne, some soccor players, some basketballers and the like, you are just setting yourself up in a way to be eventually embarrassed in the national media.
I wonder why they always stay by them, I mean your husband at the very least cheated on you while pregnant! The only one I can think of separating was Simone Warne and that was eventually after years of Shane disrespecting her and their marriage.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2007 23:21:40 GMT -4
I'd have a more concise response to that article, but I'm too angry, plus I just read a Salon piece in which untold numbers of female soldiers/Marines are being sexually assaulted by their own side (ie other soldiers/Marines). I'm deeply saddened by this whole state of affairs, the concept of women as property, the concept that sports groupies deserve whatever they get, the culture that idolises 'teams' of young men - whether they be military or sporting, and the women who stand by them because they get some sort of status from their husbands' occupation. I am loathe to judge other women and their choices, but I'm angry enough to say that I firmly believe Mrs Laffranchi is staying because of the money and lifestyle her husbands' job affords her. God forbid any of these women work for the money and lifestyle so they're not dependent on scumbag cheating - in some instances rapist - husbands. Probably not the most appropriate rant for a pop culture thread, but there it is.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2007 6:58:11 GMT -4
Hi everyone. Delurking at last from beautiful Canberra, international mecca of porn and fireworks . It's this kind of stuff that makes me a bit ashamed to be a female league fan --as if following the Raiders wasn't embarrassing enough. But since we bought Tilse, he'll probably end up here as well: we've become a kind of "reform school" since no-one else wants to come here. After all the outcry over the Coffs Harbour case, and the inevitable commisioning of Catherine Lumby, it's incredible that sexual assault/harassment's still treated so lightly by the NRL. If you can suspend and force a player to step down as captain over an alleged racial slur (Bryan Fletcher from Souths) --something which is also extremely difficult to investigate and "prove"-- similar penalties should be put in place here ASAP. If only all "footballers in trouble with the law" were as random as this one. Has Terry done a Lowes ad since? Anyway, off to decompress in the Eurovision thread. Anyone care to join me and give thanks that Des Mangan's not commentating anymore?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2007 8:38:10 GMT -4
Ugh. Just, ugh.
The league can hold as many "How to treat Women" seminars as it wants, but nothing, NOTHING, is going to change. Not until there is some truly serious consequences for these assholes. It keeps happening, and basically everyone, from coaches to repugnant wives, keep saying that the player is the victim and they are going to stand by him despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. These wives who put up with this shit are sad, sorry excuses for women who are the modern day versions of Faust: selling their whole lives, and any chance of having a fulfilling, successful relationship, not to mention more than a little bit of dignity, for money. I won't deny that I have a bit of a celebrity crush on Richie, but if he were ever to do something like this (and I don't think he would, but then again, ten years ago I thought Warnie was a role model), he would join the ranks of my Pieces of Shit List.
I honestly don't know what is the *matter* with these women; money is so not worth it. As EvilMinion so eloquently put it, it IS possible for a woman to make her own money, and to do pretty damn well for herself. I am so tempted to grab all of these women's shoulders and shake some sense into them.
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Post by Yossarian on Mar 7, 2007 18:32:00 GMT -4
The thing is that trotting out Catherine Lumby for Thou Really Should Not Rape Because You Will Lose Contract Dollars seminars is next to useless by the time these guys are in their twenties. They are lauded from their early teens for their sporting ability; hang out with guys much older than them with much older attitudes to gender; they don't get a chance to normally socialise with girls as teens. The girls these guys hang around with typically form one of two moulds: family members or fans. Madonna and whore complex much?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2007 22:49:42 GMT -4
Laffranchi is on the front page of the Gold Coast Bulletin, being that he plays for the Titans and all. Forget the fact that there's a massive rescue operation for the victims of the plane crash in Indonesia, a photo of a rugby league player kissing the wife who's holding his baby is far more important.
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Post by december on Mar 7, 2007 22:54:41 GMT -4
*Sigh* It's times like this that I really do not like, near hate this country. Granted I live in Newcastle so I see it a lot with regard to The Messiah Andrew Johns (who incidentally is a douche, Matt from what I have seen/heard is OK).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2007 23:00:58 GMT -4
Plus Matt's better looking, if you're into rugby boofheads.
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Post by Yossarian on Mar 8, 2007 18:12:56 GMT -4
God, even Perez Hilton has picked up on the Anthony Callea outing story!
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Post by 180deg on Mar 9, 2007 11:06:45 GMT -4
God, even Perez Hilton has picked up on the Anthony Callea outing story! Outed[/color] by Vic Lorusso. How totally random!
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