By Manila Ryce
Published Friday, May 11th, 2007, 4:25 am
Filed under: Videos: Political, Society/Culture: Sexuality, Videos, US Politics

6 Responses to “The Colbert Report - Stephen’s Wife is Gonna Kill Him”

1. 

   Hey,

   Clever woman!

   see, he couldn’t even get the answers he wanted from her; as shocking as it is, it worked best for her!

   ah, it’s good men have weaknesses!

   1 question though, what if he has an oral herpes outbreak??

   DarkAngelJG
   05/11/07 at 7:57 am
   

2. Clever woman? If were to reverse the genders in this scenario we’d all have two words pop into our heads: sexual harassment. You are such a female chauvinist, DarkAngleJG. I’m particularly amazed how your only concern is whether or not Colbert might have herpes (i.e., concerned that Jane might be harmed).

   The only weakness exposed by this stunt is the double standard we have in this country concerning sexual harassment. Judging by the sentiments of the audience, and the other poster, men shouldn’t feel uncomfortable or offended when some strange woman forces herself upon him. Sadly, DarkAngleJG thinks this is a “good” thing. Pathetic! He’s obviously uncomfortable with the whole scenario. We, as a society, should be willing to extend the same respect and empathy to men as we would women in this scenario.

   Ivy
   05/11/07 at 3:45 pm
   
3. 

   Ivy, I think you over reacted to what i said and he didn’t look that uncomfortable, specially how he embraces her.

   i do not agree with many things people do, but sometimes you can not deny that they work out and bring good results to whoever is doing them. That is what i meant by clever.

   The herpes remark was simply a criticism to what she did; i was criticising what she did and that if everybody jumps at whoever they want and kisses them the results won’t be good (i.e. i was criticising her, but you misinterpretted it).

   I am a woman and i influence people a lot, but would never do what she did as i do not agree with it. Sorry if what i said offended you, i didn’t mean it how you understood it.

   DarkAngelJG
   05/12/07 at 7:07 am
   

4. I see, DarkAngleJG, thanks for explaining your point more fully. It’s just that I’ve seen too many double standards and misandry within our culture to just sit quietly when I see anything which contains such content. I don’t want to disagree with you much further, but he didn’t look comfortable to me at all. He may have been holding her a particular way, but this does not indicate that he was comfortable. Many men follow a cultural script in such situations; especially when they’re put off balance as Jane Fonda had done to Steven. Look at his facial features, listen to his voice. We have this idea in our society that no man could ever not want to have a beautiful woman just come up and kiss him and sit on his lap. This, however, is not the case. Men like intimacy, but they also like personal space as well. Jane Fonda violated his personal boundaries and Steven went along with it; either to not embarrass her or disappoint his audience (you heard that crowd).

   I’m sorry if I upset you with my reply earlier, DarkAngleJG. Like I said, this is a personal topic for me which I’m very passionate about.

   Ivy
   05/13/07 at 5:23 pm
   
5. 

   No, i totally understand and it’s good to see you stand up for what you believe in.

   I simply said clever because she got what she wanted (wasn’t grilled much) but personally i would never do that nor encourage someone to do it. So, I agree with you.

   Sorry for not making my post clear and glad we sorted this out!
   =)

   DarkAngelJG
   05/16/07 at 9:18 am
   

6. I didn’t really find that bit funny. I felt bad for the wife because I’d be utterly offended if that was a real kiss, and also if it wasn’t entirely staged ahead of time. I don’t know. I didn’t find it in good taste. If he was just some good looking bachelor it would have been funny, or if it hadn’t been SO close and personal. It was just too much for me.

   Alex
   01/30/08 at 11:48 am
   

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