Comments on: Spinning Spitzer http://www.republicoft.com/2008/03/12/spinning-spitzer/ Black. Gay. Father. Vegetarian. Buddhist. Liberal. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:47:01 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nenena http://www.republicoft.com/2008/03/12/spinning-spitzer/comment-page-1/#comment-180260 Nenena Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:05:40 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2008/03/12/spinning-spitzer/#comment-180260 Hmmm, I dunno about that. (And I'm saying that as a fan of Bill Maher.) Mostly because he starts right out by saying that married people are desperate for sex, but actual studies show that married couples have sex more consistently and frequently than single people do! And in the comments section a bunch of dudes are blaming Spitzer's wife/their own wives for being frigid. Ugh. Again, actual studies show that among heterosexual married couples, the man is more likely to decline sex than the woman. I'm all for the "he just wanted to have sex!" explanation, but the way that Maher frames it - and the way that his commenters are reacting to it - makes me very squeamish. Hmmm, I dunno about that. (And I’m saying that as a fan of Bill Maher.) Mostly because he starts right out by saying that married people are desperate for sex, but actual studies show that married couples have sex more consistently and frequently than single people do! And in the comments section a bunch of dudes are blaming Spitzer’s wife/their own wives for being frigid. Ugh. Again, actual studies show that among heterosexual married couples, the man is more likely to decline sex than the woman.

I’m all for the “he just wanted to have sex!” explanation, but the way that Maher frames it – and the way that his commenters are reacting to it – makes me very squeamish.

]]> By: Rick Roberts http://www.republicoft.com/2008/03/12/spinning-spitzer/comment-page-1/#comment-180256 Rick Roberts Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:16:14 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2008/03/12/spinning-spitzer/#comment-180256 Bravo. Good for you. Bravo. Good for you.

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