what she said: Jezebel’s Anna Holmes at ‘The New York Times’...

On reality television, gratuitous violence and explicit sexuality are not only entertainment but a means to an end. These enthusiastically documented humiliations are positioned as necessities in the service of some final prize or larger benefit — a marriage proposal, a modeling contract, $1 million. But they also make assault and abasement seem commonplace, acceptable behavior, tolerated by women and encouraged in men.

Which explains why no one much cared when Sheen was beating up women, but the moment he badmouths his (male) bosses, he’s kicked off his TV show.

*grrr*