I don't know if anyone has posted anything about this yet, but I just find it terrifying.
Shawn Johnson, 17-year-old Olympic gymnast and Dancing with the Stars contestant, and her family are currently incredibly fearful for her life (and rightfully so) because a man who has an obvious obsession with her drove from Florida to California and tried to jump a fence to get into the studios in which DWTS is filmed. He was arrested and told police that he felt that they were meant to be together. In his car, they found loaded guns, duct tape, and love letters to Johnson.
This is terrifying. I don't have the time to really comment on it at this moment, but I wanted to get it out there and hear everyone else's comments.
Here's the news story as well as the video from MSNBC.com.
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I blame this on the sexualization of children and young women - and goes to show that no matter how accomplished a woman (girl in this case?) might be, she can be reduced to a mere sexual object at the hands of any man.
More disturbingly, though, I shudder at the thoughts of men equating love with violence. Duct tape, guns and love letters? Who the hell brings that on a date? This could be just a random case of a crazy fuck obsessing over a conventionally beautiful young woman, or perhaps it's a reflection of how society has taught men that misogyny and violence against women are all a part of love.
Thoughts?
Marc