It's men's fault the women Inmates Doing Hard Time.

"male-initiated" was a lot of what I got out of that fountaingoats. Surely men are complicit in creating shitty circumstances, but the buck has to stop somewhere for women too.

and I don't think I'm alone in acknowledging that a woman can kick a man in the balls without ever laying a finger on him—and it feels just the same—whether she's incited or not.

I'm sure there are plenty of male prisoners who would claim they are in jail because of a woman. And probably more than one male comedian who would be willing to ask those men the reversed version of the same question.

While I of course agree that all people should take responsibility for their own actions, statistics show that women often do end up in prison because of situations caused by men. The most frequent example of this is conviction for a violent crime against an abusive husband or boyfriend. They are often convicted as accomplices to men's crimes, such as drug runners for male dealers (often boyfriends or husbands). Many women convicted for prostitution could not escape the situation because of an abusive pimp. I know that I'm going to be accused of being just as "crazy" as Kathy Griffin for saying all this, so let's look at some statistics on incarcerated victims of abuse. (I was unable to find more recent statistics on some of these online. However, evidence shows the trends have not changed much in the past 10-15 years.):

* A study conducted in 1999 found that 82% of women incarcerated at New York’s Bedford Hills
Correctional Facility had a childhood history of severe physical and/or sexual abuse and that more
than 90% had endured physical or sexual violence in their lifetimes. (International Journal of Law & Psychiatry, 1999)
* This study also found that 75% of the women had experienced severe physical violence by an
intimate partner during adulthood.
* A 1996 government study found that 93% of women convicted of killing sexual intimates –
current or former husbands, boyfriends or girlfriends – had been physically or sexually abused by
an intimate. (New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, 1996)
* A 1996 study found that a majority of women incarcerated in the New York City jail system
reported engaging in illegal activity in response to experiences of abuse, the threat of violence, or
coercion by their male partners. (Beth E. Richie, Compelled to Crime: The Gender Entrapment of Battered Black Women)
* Of 223 reviewed appellate opinions of battered women's homicide cases, 75% involved confrontations (meaning the woman was being assaulted or abused at the time of the killing). (University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1991)
* In North Carolina, 75% of incidents where women killed their male partners were preceded by male-initiated violence. In contrast, no evidence suggested that homicides by men were preceded by female-initiated violence. (Homicide Studies, Vol. 2, 1998)

i think people tend to take her too seriously... she has a really crude sense of humor, and she seems to strive to make jokes that she knows will piss people off, but if you can just laugh about it instead of getting angry about everything she says, you might actually find it funny...

Guess the woman that drugged her 20 month old was a mans fault, too.
That's OK, let's put her in an all female prison with female guards.
And frankly I'm not sure why the redhead is making money in showbiz. Unless her resume' says her strong point is irritating the hell out of the audience...ew even that voice/// it's gravely in a disgustingly whiny way. Grating!

It's interesting about 'men's faults'... I was talking to someone who'd I'd now qualify as a particularly good friend and a valuable mentor now. I'd been confessing: "...my relationship wasn't perfect—" and he'd interrupted me: "Well when you find one that is, you let me know..." lol and we stayed talking for a long time. Somehow he broke the ice for me, and I feel free to rise now... Gray hair is certainly a crown to the aged!!!!!! And when I'd humorously pointed out that he was having red wine with his fish, he nonchalantly paused just long enough to say "y'know these days...nothing matters like it used to..." =P lol

well if why stop there, it must be their fathers fault for impregnating their mothers....... otherwise they would have never been born to be able to commit any crimes.......

She's just mad b/c nobody will put up with the insufferable bitch.... (and she was born with a ____ that looked like a ____)

Where is the man? Who can she blame?

its easy to blame and hard to be tame.

I feel sorry for Levi Johnston (he hadda escort Kathy Griffin to tha Teen Choice Awards; she musta paid a premium). Might think about doubling your fee next time Levi, cuz she's rather a damper for any better business...just makes you look like you're hurting or something to stoop that low

The evil patriarchal society must have caused the women who enjoy some of the greatest freedoms on this earth to temporarily lose their ovum power and succumb.

It's free will they know when they are doing wrong,the only things I could justify would be hurting the molester or if it is a family member that is beating the shit out of another family member. They can't blame the guys just because they got caught with the drugs BULL!

I could not believe my ears, even women serving hard time in prison blame men. Kathy Griffin really thinks Americans are stupid... Women just as men break laws, kill, abuse children, rape..... But we are brainwashed it is all men's fault.... Outrageous!