Posted by
Tzimisce on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 1:46:10 PM
Lisa Marie Nowak, married mother of three recently attacked her fellow astronaut in a fit of jealous rage. This is shocking to a lot of people who grew up watching humans fly in to space and wanting to become astronauts themselves.
Naturally the usual crop of suspects has come up to offer defenses of this woman. One of the best excuses they've come up with is hormones which can run rampant in a 43 year old. The favorite excuse is PMS.
But this excuse is sexist. If a woman can get off for being hormonal, why not a man? We know that testosterone makes men aggressive and violent. Why can't a criminal simply walk in to court and say "I'm sorry, but I can't control myself." the way some women have? If a female can get off, so should a man.
It's the Politically Correct thing to do...