Asshat Of The Month: 1st Prize
The winner is...Bret Mills in the Guardian, "Questioning whether...animals have a right to privacy" (from lenses of documentary filmmakers).
Yo, Bret: I don't think the wildebeest has the capacity to be embarrassed that people are watching him have sex on National Geographic Channel. We'll know for sure, though, after his Paris Hilton sex tape is released on TMZ.







When I saw that Bret Mills article, I classified him more as dipshit than asshat. But you may be right.
Here's a runner up then:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/iris-mack/bob-rubin-just-wants-to-b_b_557621.html
MBA and professor, young, female, very attracive, suddenly finds Robert Rubin's tongue down her throat and she has no idea how it got there, but she labels it creepy and basically calls herself a victim.
Admittedly I didn't read the article closely, and I'd be the last person to defend Robert Rubin, but our professor:
Didn't realize she bought her running sweats at Victoria's secret, or that they had "Pink University" written on across her ass.
Let Robert Rubin call many times, and asked her secretary to make sure his calls got through, and never asked herself why that might be.
Found herself one night cuddling with the guy, and then found that creepy tongue.
This is entirely my interpretation: uses a weird feminist trump card interpretation of creepy to label male encounters that she dislikes.
Never takes responsibility for her behavior that led to that tongue crammed down her throat.
AFTER the tongue was down her throat, let's the meetings and phone calls continue until one day she asks him if he is married. He avoids an honest answer. She takes offense at his avoidance, but doesn't ask herself why she took so long.
Claims she never realized this 70 year old guy was interested in her for her body.
Jeez, I admit I didn't read her article closely, but if this women: Ph.d, professor, doesn't have the power to say no to someone, than really, maybe we *are* wrong to tell women they should say no to men.
Alternatively, there is a creep here, and it is our professor.
jerry at May 2, 2010 1:46 AM
I thought a Ph.D meant something, but perhaps I'm mistaken.
MarkD at May 2, 2010 5:27 AM
Bret has been extremely busy lately trying to find underpants for his goldfish.
BlogDog at May 2, 2010 6:38 AM
Bret has been extremely busy lately trying to find underpants for his goldfish.
High scorer! Hilarious.
Amy Alkon at May 2, 2010 6:44 AM
I'm waiting for Bret's follow-up on the privacy rights of bacteria. Ban microscopes!
Cousin Dave at May 2, 2010 7:44 AM
My personal feeling is that so called 'cuddling' including him getting some. Nothing else computes.
irlandes at May 2, 2010 7:53 AM
Now, I say "date," but even with our budding "buddyship" I did not really realize at the time that this was a "date." He was an extraordinarily wealthy and powerful (much older) man who spent his days traveling around in a Citigroup jet
My favorite part of this -- the bit about not realizing this was a date. Come on, after you're 14, do you not know how men and women work?
Kiss (or "cuddle") and tell blog items by women who are not 14...ick.
Amy Alkon at May 2, 2010 8:55 AM
My favorite part of this -- the bit about not realizing this was a date. Come on, after you're 14, do you not know how men and women work?
Probably not. How many schools have banned true sex ed? I ran into a 27 (there about) women that didn't understand how her uterus worked. She went 90 days without a period and ended up in the hospital. The nurses/doctors had to explain it to her.
Jim P. at May 2, 2010 9:02 AM
Have you guys forgotten Naomi Wolf's wail about the boneless hand?
I thought it was a telling bit of sarcasm. Women who've been sexually assaulted, truly intimidated, don't bother to say or even imply "And he wasn't sexually alluring to me! Or compatible!" Witty sarcasm is not what's on their minds.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at May 2, 2010 9:11 AM
Some animals enjoy their privacy- ask Steve Irwin.
Eric at May 2, 2010 9:25 AM
Right, Crid. If it'd been Clooney, she'd have told a far different tale.
Amy Alkon at May 2, 2010 9:47 AM
I saw the headline and couldn't bring myself to read the article...I'm sure that somewhere there's some paint I HAVE to watch dry.
dblynkpt at May 2, 2010 9:49 AM
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZGUyZjI1ZGM0OGI4OWYyZDM4YmIyNzljNWU3Y2E3NTc=
Quoting Mark Steyn on this:
" 'Imagine if a film crew, without your permission, stormed into your home and filmed you in your most private moments.'
...
Yeah, but it all evens out. At least you don't have Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi storming into your burrow and forcing you to buy health insurance."
Sio at May 2, 2010 10:45 AM
@Jerry: I have come to the conclusion over the years that women reserve the right to be creeped out by anyone or anything at anytime, no matter the action or intent.
Now go away. You give me the creeps. </WOMAN>
mpetrie98 at May 2, 2010 2:38 PM
MarkD: I thought a Ph.D meant something, but perhaps I'm mistaken.
B.S. = Bull Sheet
M.S. = More of the same
Ph.D. = Piled high and deep
mpetrie98 at May 2, 2010 2:40 PM
@Amy: this story about animals reminds me of a joke I once heard.
Father and son are walking outdoors when they see two dogs engaged in [NSFW]. The boy asks what's going on. The father say, "Well, you see, son, one dog broke its leg, and the other dog is helping it across the street." "Well, there ya go!" says the son. "What do you mean," asked Dad. Son says, "Help out a friend, and ya get screwed every time!"
mpetrie98 at May 2, 2010 2:48 PM
Come on, after you're 14, do you not know how men and women work?
Now, Amy, everyone knows that powerful men aren't all that interested in sex! /sarcasm
marion at May 3, 2010 5:29 AM
Corbino's Law: The probability of a man being accused of sexual misconduct is inversely proportional to his attractiveness.
The problem with our little professor here is that she didn't realize that she was a prostitute, and that she wasn't holding up her end of the transaction.
brian at May 3, 2010 6:53 AM
Regarding animals and cameras, my Doberman was a total ham for the camera.
brian at May 3, 2010 7:20 AM
Flynne's law: The probability of someone watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your actions!
Flynne at May 3, 2010 7:46 AM
Some people just like seeing themselves as helpless prey.
Almost enough to make me think that there is something to that idiot feminist suggestion that a woman who has sex eroticises their oppression.
Not really. Some people are just stupid, if it seems like women are worse, its just that a man is a little less likely to live to be stupid another day, his stupid is likely to begin with the phrase, "Hey y'all, watch this!"
Robert at May 3, 2010 2:04 PM
Amy Alkon
https://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2010/05/asshat-of-the-m.html#comment-1712447">comment from Roberta woman who has sex eroticises their oppression.
That sounds hot to me.
Amy Alkon
at May 3, 2010 3:28 PM
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