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11th May '13 9:19:59 PM CoolKitten

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This is an argumentative nattery mess and the trope doesn't seem to really apply anyway.

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* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Kate is a '''shrew''' who binds her sister and whips her, throws things at complete strangers for reasons ranging from, "I don't like the song you played." to "You looked at my sister first." and is generally an unpleasant person to be around. Every scene of Petruchio pretending to throw a fit is an exact mirror of Kate's terrible rage, no different than [[Literature/AChristmasCarol the Ghost of Christmas Present repeating Ebenezer Scrooge's cold words back to him]], but when he gives her her just desserts, could it be sexist?
** A person being abusive doesn't give others license to abuse them. Abuse is never justified. Whether his treatment is sexist or not, it's still a man abusing his wife. One can argue Kate deserved to be punished, that Bianca and her father deserved protection, and that Kate might be able to be rehabilitated without condoning Petruchio's actions.
** Petruchio, as her husband, has total power over Kate. Throwing things at people doesn't really compare.
** Victims of abuse might have something to say about that. Abusers have a ''very'' hard time changing, and abuse victims (especially extreme cases) would be very much okay with their abusers facing a treatment like Kate's.
** That is vengeance, not justice. Kate's behaviour in earlier scenes is abhorrent, yes, but two wrongs don't make a right.

29th Apr '13 8:43:19 AM Persephone459

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21st Apr '13 5:01:49 AM SeptimusHeap

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19th Mar '13 1:44:25 PM Steerpike13713

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6th Mar '13 12:29:45 PM animefan2010

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4th Mar '13 9:12:14 PM Alternative27Angel

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On the note of Double Standard Abuse, whether an abuser really deserves a treatment like Kate's. And honestly, this should probably go in the YMMV section, at this rate.

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28th Nov '12 1:20:35 PM zaogao

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25th Nov '12 7:20:29 AM Gemmabeta

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12th Nov '12 7:53:18 AM SeptimusHeap

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Removing Zero Context Example

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