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Warpy

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5. Yes, men are much more likely to do the deed and slaughter

Reply to 11 Bravo (Original post)

Wed Jul 16, 2014, 02:02 PM

Jul 2014

everybody in the vicinity, including their own kids. Especially their own kids, how best to destroy their mother?

The couplet also included "no rage like love to hatred turn'd." While his poem was about a jilted bride, it could have applied equally to any man whose female partner had just dumped him, only such things didn't happen much in Congreve's time. Women didn't initiate divorce proceedings, disease and childbirth killed them off before they got the chance.

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Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned? Really? How often ... [View all] 11 Bravo Jul 2014 OP

i think humans generally dont do well when scorned La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2014 #1

Fortunately most people when scorned, don't resort to violence. cali Jul 2014 #2

Yes. conservaphobe Jul 2014 #3

i think scorn makes most people vindictive. La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2014 #4

Yes, men are much more likely to do the deed and slaughter Warpy Jul 2014 #5

For some reason, that phrase does not offend me - it empowers me. Marie Marie Jul 2014 #6

That's why the expression needs to be retired. Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #7

i agree bravo. hadnt thought much of the saying, and then that hit me. agreed. nt seabeyond Jul 2014 #8

The phrase turns up regularly on men's rights forums. Luminous Animal Jul 2014 #9

I feel a little better now...it was the point I was trying to make...awkwardly tho... CTyankee Jul 2014 #13

Gee imagine that. redqueen Jul 2014 #14

"Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned" rocktivity Jul 2014 #10

You summed it up well. redqueen Jul 2014 #11

+1 leftstreet Jul 2014 #12

Thank you for this. Luminous Animal Jul 2014 #16

really? we're going to start this again? 2pooped2pop Jul 2014 #15

I guess it was this or another Nader thread. (n/t) Jim Lane Jul 2014 #17

Lol Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #19

No better way to counter sexist language than hypocritical co-opting it! nt Bonobo Jul 2014 #18