Down the Bog

I read a story yesterday about a woman who stabbed her partner because he’d eaten a dinner that she was going to eat. Apparently they’d been due to meet for a drink but she failed to turn up so he went home, checked out the fridge, saw the pork chop dinner and decided to tuck in. She came home, was not amused and one thing led to another. She ended up stabbing him in the leg although she claimed it was accidental.

If you read the news story on the Daily Mail website I taken exception to the attempt at an amusing picture of the woman holding a fork. She was found guilty and things may just have got out of hand but a single stab wound can be fatal even in the leg and I have to ask if this supposed “comical” method of reporting would have been used if it had been the man who was responsible for the wounding? Would it have been so amusing then? Would there have been a picture of him holding the fork?

Further to that: Would he have just got a nine month suspended sentence? There’s no doubt in my mind that women are favoured in these cases and it’s just not right. Violence between couples is unacceptable whoever is responsible for it and men and women should be treated equally. Newspapers should also report in a responsible way.