Dear Dish on Judge Judy
Dear Dishie:
What is your view on Judge Judy? Is she a prudent advice-woman, just like you? Or a menace to society? Or a quick fix in our instant oatmeal world?
How do Judge Judy's books compare to Dr. Laura's seminal work Ten Stupid Things Women do to Mess Up Their Lives?
Sincerely,
A Ponderer
Dear P:
Quite frankly, Dish feels that Ten Stupid Things Women Do To Mess Up Their Lives should be renamed since there is really only one stupid thing women do to mess up their lives: Men. Dr. Laura does have some good ideas and says things that a lot of women probably need to hear. She's got some common sense. However, the fact remains that she is basically saying the same thing over and over in a different way. I guess it probably sells more books when you have a list of stupid things as opposed to just one major stupid thing, but really, she is just saying that anything women do for or about men is stupid.
Judge Judy and Dr. Laura actually agree to some degree. They are both firm believers in the fact that women tend not to choose their mates, but rather allow themselves to be chosen. They stay in bad relationships and defer to men because they have poor self-esteem and doubt their worthiness to be in healthy and fulfilling relationships. There are many women out there who fall into this category.
However, generally speaking, Dish is not a huge fan of Judge Judy. There is no doubt she has been successful in life, but Dish finds her methods of sharing her wisdom abrasive. Also, after reading Beauty Fades, Dumb Is Forever: The Making of a Happy Woman, Dish has come to the conclusion that Judge Judy has some major issues with men and has passive-aggressive tendencies.
For example, Judge Judy tells the story of how her husband would always leave one torn, half-glued sheet of toilet paper on the roll and if she said anything to him about it, he would protest that there was still toilet paper left on the roll. She then goes on to say that the next time this happened, she left the roll with the one puny sheet on it and hid the rest of the toilet paper where her husband could not find it. She watched as her husband looked in vain for more toilet paper, but didn't say a word to help him. Finally the husband broke down and asked her for toilet paper. What was her response? "There's still toilet paper on the roll, honey." And yet she advocates good communication skills? Seems a little bit contradictory to me.
Also, Dish feels she just cannot condone a book that has a comma splice in the title. We all know how Dish hates comma splices. There are gramatically correct alternatives. Dish suggests Beauty Fades but Dumb is Forever: The Making of a Happy Woman.
Also, so the male contigent doesn't feel left out, Dr. Laura does have a book called Ten Stupid Things Men Do to Mess Up Their Lives.
Happy reading,
Dish
posted by Dish @ 10:44 AM
1 Comments:
Maybe Judge Judy's "method" wasn't very communicative but it would be highly entertaining and satisfying. I'd probably do the same thing.
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