Wiener is being slut-shamed.

ExpendableOne · 2011-06-13T13:41:04+00:00

Disagree.

The male equivalent of slut shaming is virgin shaming.

Women are shamed for being sexually easy because they can get sex easily. Men are shamed for not being able to get sex because it is a challenge for men. The flip side of this is that the female equivalent of a stud isn't a slut, it's a chaste virginal young woman.

Men are in the unfortunate position that sexual success is starting to be shamed as well... this leads to the situation where both successful males and unsuccessful males are shamed. While with the 'empowered sluts' women are in the situation that both sexually active and non active women are being praised.

AnnArchist · 2011-06-13T13:55:29+00:00

He lied about it. If he owned his shit, he wouldn't be shamed.

ManThoughts · 2011-06-13T14:50:25+00:00

I feel it is utterly ridiculous for this guy to get the stinkeye when rampant corruption rules our country. And many of the people giving the stinkeye are sexual puritans & sexual hypocrites.

With that said, he deserves lots of criticism for being a pathological liar. He would not be getting nearly as much heat if he had just told the truth in the first place.

So, I think people who are criticizing the sexting are shaming. But the people who are criticizing the irresponsibility & dishonesty are justified.

Leprecon · 2011-06-13T15:46:31+00:00

I disagree. My first instinct was "It doesn't affect his ability to govern, let it go" as I would only find sex scandals relevant if the person is a hypocrite. (ie an anti-gay republican caught having gay sex. A family values type with 3 mistresses. An abstinence only parent with a child who is an unwed mother. etc..)

After reading reddit someone pointed out that this does affect his ability to govern. He was willing to lie for it, which means he could have been blackmailed. All you would need is a hot young girl and you have got yourself a senators vote. Fuck it, it was online, I could do it with just my computer. This isn't too far fetched.

I wouldn't mind looking at politicians the way French do. Want to date a super model and divorce your wife? Sure, why the fuck not. In America that shit would be political suicide, in France it is (rightly) irrelevant.

Liverotto · 2011-06-13T13:56:11+00:00

He should call a press conference and admit publicly that he is a heterosexual male.

munky_g · 2011-06-14T03:37:28+00:00

That's Weiner, not Wiener.

I've watched as newsreaders suppress a smirk when introducing this story about Anthony 'Weener', because let's face it, it's a story about a penis - and penises (or is that penii..?) are sometimes called 'wieners' in some cultures because of the similarity between male genitals and that food item called a sausage.

How hilarious! How ironic! How very Benny Hill...

Except this - Anthony Weiner's name should be pronounced 'whiner', not 'weener'.

In Germanic languages, from which his surname obviously derives, any word with an 'i' before an 'e' is pronounced with the emphasis on the second vowel, thus 'die' (as in the feminine article) is pronounced 'dee'. Thus, 'wiener' (a small sausage from Vienna, or Wein in German) is pronounced 'weener'.

Similarly, any word where the 'e' is placed before the 'i' is pronounced (again) with emphasis on the second vowel. Thus we refer to the Weimar Republic as the 'why-mar republic' (more correctly 'vy-mar' but what the heck, that's not the issue...)

Title	Wiener is being slut-shamed.
Author	kloo2yoo
Upvotes	22
Comments	32
Date	June 13, 2011 1:26 PM UTC (15 years ago)
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