What the fuck indeed! Is it me, or has blatant misogyny in the media and the backlash against feminism reached an all time fever pitch right about now? Is it Hillary Clinton's viability as a presidential contendor? It's unreal.

Because boobies are far more dangerous and shocking than thrown bottles--jeez, Jessica, don't you know that by now?

It is a teaser. I imagine "women behaving bady" with a blurred shot of a flasher will grab more attention than "men behaving badly" with a shot of a drunk guy yelling.

i heard that on the local NYC news as well. i really loved the mardi gras reference.

Didn't you know that women's only two choices in life are flashing the bubbies and being spit on? Both, of course, are "behaving badly".

I personally have no idea why anybody is watching local news.

because women not submitting to men's demands is "behaving badly"

men behaving that way isnt "behaving badly", its normal.

RIGHT?

What station was that, WABC? I'll call them myself and ask them WTF. I have no qualms about doing that at all.

Because it's generally accepted that men behave badly and they feel the need to include women in the fracas?

Ok, probably not - and even if it was it would smack entirely too much of the Victorian over-glorification of the woman to the effect of disenfranchising her.

It probably has more to do with the thought that "bad girls" will keep the viewers riveted. And, unfortunately, they're probably right.

Why you ask?

Gimme a P!
Gimme an A!
Gimme a TREE-archy!

Patriarchy! Patriarchy! Go... Patriarchy!

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Seriously, though, I don't completely buy the pure commercial "this is what will bring in the viewers" logic - at least my local news seems to target most of its ads at hitting the "ah! you're in danger unless you watch this news program!" button as opposed to the "this news program is sexy" button. This suggests to me that whoever was making the teaser thought that the threat here was the evil mammaries, not the rowdy mob.

Drunk men catcalling and asking for a free flesh show? Normal.

Women flashing breasts at said men? Shameless hussies. Don't you know anything? *sarcasm*

"Hear about women. Fans behaving badly." maybe?

No, *sigh*, probably not.

Even better are the dumb responses over at Huffington Post. Just so all us ladies know we have two choices: be oppressed sluts under biblical morals or be oppressed sluts under the sexual reviolution. In both cases we are obliged to keep our mouths shut, just so we don't get confused.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/11/20/breast-flashing-is-the-g_n_73508.html

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The Youth Organization of the Games proved an invaluable and efficient service through the medium of Boy Scouts, Girl Guides and members of the Air Training Corps. The Air Training Corps personnel were most in evidence on duty with the press section, under the general superintendence of Flight Lieutenant R. L. Davis. About 450 assisted daily as guides for journalists and broadcasters, sorting results, filing copy and performing other duties at all venues. Some 250 Girl Guides volunteered for a service controlled by Miss C. Broadhurst, Training Adviser for Victoria, chiefly for the women athletes at the Olympic Village, acting as guides to athletes and official visitors, assisting with shopping and other activities.

The Boy Scouts' Association, whose Deputy Chief Commissioner, Colonel A. G. Oldham, acted as co-ordinator of the Youth Organization, put 3,500 members into the "Olympic Good Turn", for which it proffered its services as early as November, 1955. In general, districts were asked to provide services at various venues and special sections. The scouts paid their own fares but were given meals wherever this was practicable. Volunteers were expected to give at least two days; most made themselves available much longer. The first scouts were rostered at the Village six weeks before the Games began. Eventually, while the Games were in progress, 500 were on duty every day.

Chiefly employed as messengers, they were used by Arena Managers as assistant ushers, parking attendants for official cars, adding-machine operators, and in the appropriate venues performed such special functions as holding canoes or replacing obstacles in the modern pentathlon.