"Any heterosexual woman today over the age of 25 who grew up in America is basically a dominatrix. … What does a professional dominatrix do that an ordinary woman doesn't do in America today? Half the women look like post-op transvestites to begin with, trying to look like they're gay or keeping up with the mores of the society. You ever see what they look like? They thin themselves down, they're on some kind of diet pill. The lipstick looks like it was applied by, what's her name, Joan Rivers when she was high. They all have a mouth on them, and the guy is, like, pushed into the background. It's any wonder I'm in talk radio. The safest place for a man to be today is in talk radio and listening to it."—Michael Savage, nee Weiner, on his radio show, commenting on a New York Post article "that reported allegations that a New York City attorney was shot to death by a rival for the affections of a woman 'who moonlights as a dominatrix'." (Coming soon to a TV near you on a new episode of Law & Order: SVU, except with a twist that makes it deliciously rapesationalistic! DUNH-dunh!)
Misogyny? Check. Transphobia? Check. Homophobia? Check. He's hit the trifecta, Shakers!
During this rant, the Savage Weiner also noted: "When I was a kid, we didn't need to go to a dominatrix; all we had to do is argue with our mothers." Paging Dr. Freud…
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