Dr. Laura is right almost all of the time. I know some people hate her because she thinks dismembering babies and fornication are wrong. And I know some people hate her because she is very direct and blunt, which is almost required with commercial talk radio's time schedules. And I know some people can't believe she'll actually tell the women who call her when they are wrong or when they otherwise have the power to change something... apparently, they want her to blame men only, or to magically tell the man, who isn't on the phone, how he should change things.
None of those things about her show bother me.
One of the things that does bother me is her disdain for video games, saying that it isn't okay for grown married fathers to play them, and that playing them is immature. I haven't ever heard her cite the content of the games when she does this. What she's railing against is the technology. Strangely, she understand thats men need "guy time", but she refuses to understand that video games can be guy time, either in person or through a network.
She did this again on today's show.
The problem here is generational. When video games came home, Dr. Laura was already an adult, and like most new technology, young people adopted it first and had the most free time to enjoy it. So she associates it with children.
I fail to see why playing video games is any more immature than playing cards or board games, pitching horseshoes, watching television or a movie, or going to watch a bunch of gay men sing and dance (theatre). As long as a man is not neglecting his responsibilities, why shouldn't he be allowed to do what he wants with his free time, as long as it isn't "immoral, illegal, or fattening"? I wonder if Dr. Laura ever goes to casinos and plays the machines there? They are just video games that cost more money.
She really, really, needs to get over this one. And so does Kay S. Hymowitz. It is highly irritating, and I'm not even a gamer.
Update: Mrs. B. Roth was thinking the same thing.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
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I agree, it's a generational thing. I heard her telling a caller once that if her fiance was still playing video games, he wasn't mature enough to get married. I just had to laugh. Every man I know under the age of 50 plays video games. I don't enjoy them, but my husband does (he's under 50). The measure of someone's maturity is his willingness to take on responsibility, not whether or not he plays video games.
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