I find the concept of television for a specific gender offensive enough without the channel for boys showing a nonstop loop of cars and strippers and the channel for girls serving up one abuse case after the next.

The patriarchy is not good for girls or boys, yo. Spike TV is the first network for men! Well, thank God, because those poor neglected darlings were on the verge of actually watching a Lifetime movie with so few choices for testosterone television out there! Thank the marketing heavens that my husband can now enjoy poorly produced shows on cars and strippers! When will TV stop telling men they are dumb? And when will men finally tire of the marketing aimed at them? Yes, boobies are nice but they don't deserve the attention they get! Cars can be cool, but surely most men have some variety of interests outside boobies, cars, and sports?

Personally, I find Lifetime's long, dark tea time of the abused woman to be, at best, played. Sure, I watched The Tracey Thurman Story the first time it aired as a TV movie but do I need it on a loop? How many stories of abused women are there? Even Oprah gave up for a little while! Are there no stories by and for women that don't involve an abusive ex-husband or sex with Brian Austin Green? *shudder*

I don't have any answers but I have lots of questions. For starters, who finds Brian Austin Green attractive? Why is Ride with Funkmaster Flex so poorly produced? It should be like Cribs on wheels but instead looks like a public-access show.

If I weren't so addicted to TV I'd unplug the cable (and the TiVo and the satellite, DVD, VCR, and Laserdisc players, too) and watch only public broadcasting! I do sort of have a crush on Bill Moyers.

Disclaimer: I only watch Lifetime, Television for Women, when I need my damn Unsolved Mysteries fix. Of course, UM does feature at least one murdered woman per hour, so Lifetime can fill its quota.