Mp Advocates Giving Susannah Reed 'a Slap'.

[andy-hughes]

The Mail does appear to be whipping this up into something it clearly is not.

Deborah Dunleavy has made a stupid comment on her Twitter account - as an MP she should know better than to get into such a stupid post with careless language.

But to suggest that she is advocating violence against women is clearly very wide of the mark.

I avoid Twitter because it provides a platform for the incoherent to reach the unthinking - but that does not mean that the media should encourage these ridiculous conclusions.

Does it? Media URL: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2526466/Does-just-want-slap-Susanna-Reid-Tory-politician-deletes-Twitter-account-attack-Strictly-star.html
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[anotheoldgit]

While we are on the subject of slapping and what in this case has been converted into advocating violence against women, by some.

No one seems to complain when TV and films constantly show men being slapped by women and in one case in a certain TV soap recently a woman violently knee butting a man.

No complaints regarding women's violence towards men, and no support groups providing a telephone number as the end credits roll, "if you have been so effected ring 000 1111 4444.

Made that number up if anyone is trying to ring it.

[jno]

that's not real violence, though, aog. It's fiction.

Here are some complicated directions on how to do it

http://www.wikihow.com/Fake-a-Slap-to-the-Face

[FredPuli43]

Such helplines for men who are victims of domestic abuse do exist in Britain, AOG e.g .mensadviceline.org.uk and respectphoneline.org.uk.

The problem does exist, but such abuse towards a partner is probably not as common in women as it is in men. It may be under reported; men who are victims are likely to think that they won't get sympathy.

[craft1948]

I know how Ms Dunleavy feels, I'm the same whenever I see Stephen Fry.

[2sp_]

I've lost count of the times I've threatened to brain/kill/suffocate Mr P due to some misdemeanor.

At no point have I ever been serious about it!

Sadly there will always be people who can't or won't look beyond someone's words to find the intent.

[joggerjayne]

Why can't everyone see that it's a compliment ???

Or is it just me (and absolutely all my pals) who use it as a compliment ???

Susanna is ...

Attractive ...

An intelligent journalist ...

An articulate book blogger ...

A talented dancer ...

She has a fantastic job ...

A huge income ...

A great partner (Dominic Cotton) ...

Three lovely children ...

Don't you just want to give her a slap !!!

[anotheoldgit]

jno

/// that's not real violence, though, aog. It's fiction. ///

That is obviously true jno, but even in fiction it wouldn't be tolerated if the roles were reversed.

[albaqwerty]

jj, what I accidentally saw last Saturday did not show Ms Reid as a talented dancer.
Pinnochio on strings moves better. Sorry.
Articulate, well, most of the time.
Athletic, yes
She gracefully demurs when complimented.
Attractive, yes, even when she's been pulled through a hedge backwards.
grrrrrr

The MP really should have thought before she tweeted, I wish Twitterers were called Twitters than Tweeters, personally.

[joggerjayne]

She runs marathons.

She looks fresh at five in the morning.

[joggerjayne]

It's what you say about someone who just seems to have it all going for them.

Alba, if you told us that you best friend was Cara Delevingne, and that you'd just won the lottery, but you were taking a year off to do charity work in Africa ... I'd want to give you a slap.

[albaqwerty]

Sorry Ed, a chatty answer to JJ

I wouldn't mind you slapping me :-)

Why on earth is vitriol aimed at females presenters, Clare Balding is another case in point. Allegedly anti-gays tweet every time she's on TV. She's also a good presenter, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but she also is wellgroomed.

[joggerjayne]

Clare Balding ... national treasure ... lez heroine ... all round good sort.

[FredPuli43]

AOG, the helpline number or advice service at the end of soaps is given when the story line revolves around the particular problem, alcoholism, domestic abuse and so forth. A sequence where one person assaults another of the opposite sex, as an incident in a programme, does not merit or get a helpline or advice service listed at the end.

Not a soap watcher myself, but has there been a storyline revolving around a male partner being abused in a relationship? Certainly in the rare documentaries which I have seen and which concerned this subject, there has been an advice line given

[jno]

genteel young ladies slap bounders in the face in old novels quite a bit, aog. It's generally thought they deserve it with their caddish ways.

[yansee]

Well said Zacs-Master !