Dog walker meets bird watcher in NYC park.
What could possibly go wrong? Well, it seems these two groups get into conflict sometimes. In this case, apparently, a female named Cooper had her dog off lead, and a man, no relation, also named Cooper, asked her to place the dog on a leash, as required by law. He seemed much more civil than she, and she quickly began to scream, and to call police, saying a "black man" threatened to kill her. His only reply seemed to be, "please, call them", as he videoed away.Things did settle down. No charges were filed. But the case could stand a little Vierk style, in depth ANALysis, oh my fellow CS dog watchers, and bird walkers. What can be seen here?
Well, this high strung female wound up on public broadcast media, "apologizing to Mr. Cooper and his family". But not before she was summarily fired from her job at a financial firm, which said that our firm can not tolerate racism in our employees. For his part, Mr. Cooper graciously said that this incident should not ruin her life.
Neat- O! Racism, and as likely, rank sexism. Right down my alley. But why go through a dreadful, dreary, tedious Vierk analysis of the interpersonal dynamics underLYING this event, much of which is captured on video and audio. The biased, race card obsessed media is all over it, using racial tropes galore, but without a whisper of the sexism involved.
Why subject you all to issues of female/male alleged differences in power, physical and otherwise, historical and present day? Or how slightly more females, statistically, suffer abuse, often from family members, mostly from men, but also from women (especially in same sex unions), and how this could influence perceptions and behaviors. This, where the full statistical picture includes abuse of children. Yes, and in the broader culture, with biased liberal input from the masters and mistresses of public education, how attitudes are formed. Attitudes that having things both ways, perhaps, are A-OK? And so much more. And so much more.
No, I'll simply ask fair and honest men if there might just also be plenty of sexism here in this story. And if they or others they know have ever been in similar straights to Central Park birder Mr. Cooper. Are frantic claims of "he threatened to kill me", often later admitted to be false, telling of much deeper issues? Do prosecutors, juries, police and judges ever hear false sides of stories? And is the shoe ever on the proverbial other foot? No need for a formal analysis, "just the facts, ma'am". Says Sargent Friday.
In men's groups, these themes come up all the time. As with racism, sexism thrives, in part, on many such attitudes, perceptions and behaviors. Can't make this stuff up.
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Soony - tis true a dog on leash dragging his master along often signals a poorly trained dog. I say often, not always. I remember Chorney, our family black lab, half dragging my father home when he ran low sugar wise on his daily walks. Life is not about absolutes.Now a dog with a mussel and a leash - that worries me.