RANT: Please stop calling these awful men "Bad Boys"

[RetroLounge]

Okay, "Bad Boys" are playful, fun, Elvis-like, James Deanish perhaps, maybe they slick their hair, wear a leather jacket and boots, drive a fast car, have a motorcycle, play guitar in a band, steal your heart, kiss and tell, give you the wicked eye and make your knees weak, flirt all over the lounge, etc.

Guys who beat their wives or girlfriends are not "Bad Boys." They are ASSHOLES.

Guys who get drunk or high at the expense of their families are not "Bad Boys." They are ASSHOLES.

Guys who break the law and go to Prison at the expense of their families are not "Bad Boys." They are ASSHOLES.

Guys who abandon their families and don't pay support are not "Bad Boys." They are ASSHOLES.

Guys who steal from their wives and their families are not "Bad Boys." They are ASSHOLES.

Guys who play women emotionally are not "Bad Boys." They are ASSHOLES.

Get it? It is not that women love "Bad Boys" or have "Bad Boy Syndrome" so they stay with these ASSHOLES...

These women need help, therapy, intervention, shelter, money, support, and love. They do NOT need to have their problems minimized and trivialized by saying the problem is that they like "Bad Boys."

RL

(You give us fun "Bad Boys" a bad name...)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. Well said.

:thumbsup:

[Ariana Celeste]

2. Righteous rant, except for one thing...

I would say it depends on what laws are broken. :hi:

Otherwise, :thumbsup: :applause:

[RetroLounge]

3. I changed Jail to Prison

and the key is "at the expense of their family" i think.

a bogus pot bust is not what I had in mind... :hug:

RL

[Ariana Celeste]

6. hehe thanks

:hug:

I dunno if you've read it yet, but I posted a bulletin on myspace with a lot more information of what happened- labeled "I'm a victim of the Drug War" :)

[RetroLounge]

9. Yes, I read it...

:hi:

RL

[Chorophyll]

4. Bravo!

Thank you for clearing this up so well. (And yay for fun Bad Boys.)

[ThomCat]

5. Nice rant.

:applause:

[GirlinContempt]

7. right on

"
These women need help, therapy, intervention, shelter, money, support, and love. They do NOT need to have their problems minimized and trivialized by saying the problem is that they like "Bad Boys.""

:thumbsup:

[Schema Thing]

8. Thank you. As are guys who play women emotionally

whether they are conscious of their "playing" or not.

[RetroLounge]

10. Thank you. Very true...

added it to my rant...

:hi:

RL

[cwydro]

11. I'm with you on this one

all the way.

[tigereye]

12. yup!

and also remember, sometimes good guys don't wear white.

[matcom]

13. But Whatcha Gonna Do?

when they come for you? :7

sorry. don't mean to be insensitive and I agree with you 100%. just missed the context of the rant and figured i'd kick it the only real way I know how

:hide:

[Guava Jelly]

14. I'm a bad boy

:7:hide: :sarcasm:

[Redstone]

15. Well said.

Redstone