The latest "banning" (NYC_SKP) is an interesting lesson on REPUTATION.

[sabrina 1]

440. Well, you care and I care, and lots of DUers do care, but my point was that the women's forums here

have a reputation of not caring about such issues, but of focusing on trivia, yes trivia, and they have taken over women's issues here on DU and most of us, have just let them have it their way. Because to argue over a misplaced word for hours and hours and hours, days sometimes, is simply a waste of time that could be better spent, doing what YOU are doing eg, or what I may do in RL

The problem with our abdication of the women's forums here is that they have succeeded in turning women's issues into 'look what that guy, who doesn't agree with me politically, just said'.

DU is not the place to discuss real women's issues so we don't.

The important thing here though, is the USE of women for political purposes. THAT I find to be despicable, and it done every election cycle.

If NYC_SKP had said something along the lines of 'who cares about the women in Iraq' THAT would have bothered me as a woman, or 'who cares about Mexican women' you get the point, that would have bothered me. But to claim that women are being protected by banning him for what he DID say, shows a huge lack of understanding of women and the issues they face. THAT may be because most of us DU women allowed the few to take over the issue here.

I don't know what's on TV but hope you find something interesting.