Usagi说: “…在这种类似婚姻家庭的话题上，通常女性这一方被人更同情，因为女性在社会观点上已经被大多数人认为是弱者。” (Sorry usagi, I’m not picking on you.)我倒觉得事实上女人在西方社会里的地位和权势很多方面已远远超过男人。权力支配裁定社会如何对待女性。在男权文化的穆斯林社会，出轨的女人和第三者的处罚是被乱石打死，在西方社会里第三者不但逍遥法外，还可以把故事卖给小报，搂上一大笔钱。由此可见西方社会男女权力的平衡已倾向女方。
米笑，to those who have been sinned to, let us show empathy, to those who sin (but confess), show forgiveness, to those who are weak, show support, to the rest, the hard-core sinners, show them the full force of the law! Thanks!
海云，HEHE，I LIKE THE POLL! DID YOU DO IT (I MEAN THE POLL?) SERIOULY THOUGH IF YOU HAVE THE SOURCE I’D LIKE TO SEE IT.
BTW, LADIES FROM ALL YOUR COMMENTS IT’S CLEAR THAT YOU’RE A GREAT BUNCH OF COMPETENT, CAPABLE AND INDEPENDENT-MINDED WOMEN. AND I’M SURE THE MEN IN THIS FORUM WOULD AGREE WITH ME.
木乃伊，What if a man and a woman are in the forest, and there is no one else around? Hmmm… I guess that would depend on whether he/she is a good/bad man/woman then? Right?
Very good points. You can't blame everything on the man - because he's only half of the problem (or maybe 1/3).
I quoted Elizabeth Edwards' words in my first article about her and John: "I blame John, but also, women need to have more respect for other women。 It takes a lot of work to put together a marriage, to put together a family and a home. You have to have enough respect for other human beings to leave their lives alone. If you admire that life, build it for yourself. Don't just try to come in and take somebody else's life."
The article can be found here: http://blog.creaders.net/dreamweaver/user_blog_diary.php?did=47997
I guess I have to point out that my anger towards John Edwards is not so much the betrayal of his wife and family per se, but his lying and dishonest - I just saw yesterday that Rielle Hunter was appearing at GQ magazine and is finally "telling her side of the story", and it seems like she didn't think she did anything wrong in this whole thing. Maybe she's just telling John's position on his behalf too (I did not forget your comments at Seacloud's blog).
