Another datum in the ignoble spreadsheet of misogyny

[radegund]

On the theme of Women As Possessions that's been going around my flist of late, a colleague of my sister's was reminiscing recently about her boyfriend's debs (end-of-secondary-school dance - not sure when exactly this one was, but within the past five years, say), and remembering how the unpopular boys in the class were targeted by the whimsical means of spiked drinks.

Whose drinks?

Why, the drinks of the girls they'd brought. Because clearly, spiking a woman's drink is something a man does to another man.

Comments

[ailbhe]

What the FUCKING FUCK?

[biascut.livejournal.com]

!!!

[mollydot.livejournal.com]

*boggles*

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Meat to bait the trap.

Do pardon my incandescent rage, won't you?

[radegund.livejournal.com]

Be my guest.

oh but, things must have changed in 5 years...

[thereyougothen.livejournal.com]

that's really quite incredible. 5 years ago? not incredible, frightening.

[socmot.livejournal.com]

Let me guess - privately run, southside Dublin school?
(or is that just being horribly presumptuous)

[leedy.livejournal.com]

That is, in fact, exactly the comment I was going to post. Capitals and all.

I mean, it's practically medieval: "We will punish their women! That'll show them!"

[yiskah.livejournal.com]

HOLY SH1T.

[sophiedb.livejournal.com]

Maybe they had some twisted "charitable" thought that it would help these unpopular lads get laid *head!desk* Fucking wankers, either way.

[mollydot.livejournal.com]

Lovely Man was trying to think what they thought was the point behind it. He was wondering if they were hoping that the dates would think it was the unpopular boys had done it and turn on them.