Is Public Bad Behavior Gender Specific?

Ok, blog alert, this is totally off topic! No jewelry mentions follow.

I know we are a celebrity-obsessed society. I've done my part to disengage: I quit reading online celebrity sites; I quit reading People magazine; I even avoid AOL's celebrity news, even when it's a featured item and it's right there in front of me. I turn the TV channel or the radio when the fluff comes on.

It hasn't worked. The foursome of famous young women who seem to stay in the news all the time still penetrate my consciousness. I am pretty sure you know who they are.

Suddenly today I it hit me -- why aren't there any young men in the news?

(Of course there are , but not to the same extent. It's not a frenzy.)

I am pretty sure this is a weird situation. I am also pretty sure that there are young men behaving just as poorly as the young ladies.

So, are they misbehaving and not being arrested?
Are they misbehaving and no one is reporting it?
Are the young men just behaving better than the other young celebs?
Is the press only reporting one side of the story?
Do we, as a society, only care if the girls misbehave?
Do misbehaving young men not sell newspapers?

What on earth is going on?

posted by Caroline Stanley @ 10:31 PM