Conservative radio host Laura Schlessinger was on Fox's Hannity and Colmes last week defending some remarks she'd made on Today when asked about the Spitzer sex scandal. She told Hannity and Colmes that beacuse she doesn't know the Spitzers, she would only speak generally on why men cheat, and had this to say:
"[W]hen the wife does not focus in on the needs and the feelings, sexually, personally, to make him feel like a man ... he's very susceptible to the charm of some other woman making him feel what he needs. And these days, women don't spend a lot of time thinking about how they can give their men what they need."
Susceptible to the charm of another woman. That's like, what, falling in love with someone you work with or the woman who pours your coffee every day? Are you really just falling victim to being "susceptible to the charm of another woman" when you're seeking out a high class hooker?
So, basically, Dr. Laura, Silda Spitzer drove Eliot to Ashley Alexandra Dupre because she wasn't spending every waking moment of her life thinking about how she could give her man what he needs? Because we imagine with all of his duties as governor, he probably wasn't spending too much time thinking about giving Silda what she needed. Is it only the wife's responsibility, Dr. Laura, to make sure everyone is happy in the relationship?
Why don't we hear from a woman who doesn't talk about how much women suck?
"You all have got to stop calling each other sluts and whores. It just makes it okay for guys to call you sluts and whores."
-Tina Fey/ Ms. Norbury, "Mean Girls"
[Media Matters: Schlessinger again blamed wives for their husbands' behavior]
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