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Are all you single gals on a hit TV show called Desperarte Measures?  No.  It's a play on words for what she's known best for.  Nothing more.

Oh, c'mon, it was an obvious reference to her role on Desparate Housewives. Surely they were not implying she was actually desparate, or that any or all single women or men are.

Desperate Housewives, not Desperate Measures.

Ummm... I think it's because of the show she's on? Desparate Housewives? Sort of a play on words?

It's just a pun on her show, Deperate Housewives... shouldn't your anger be directed at the show for these jibes?

Actually, I think that headline is a reference to the fact that she's from Desperate Housewives...

perhaps it should read "On Her Way to Becoming a Housewife!"

better?

I admit that I once was desperate when it came to this department. That is until I experienced wedded bliss, which came in the form of my catching him in bed with a male friend. Luckily the settlement left me well off.

I think you're just reading too much into the headline. I don't think it's insulting to women at all.

>>Man, ther masters of the obvious come out of the woodwork. <<

What did you expect with a post like that? Ask an obvious question, get an obvious answer! :o)

From the Grammar Reich:

Speaking of headlines, I think you were looking for "whoever" (e.g., "Who wrote that headline? HE wrote that headline" versus whom "him wrote that headline").

Couldn't help myself, since we were criticizing headlines. :P

-Dan

Question - what does the title of the show mean to you folks? (I don't watch it but I'm curious..)

It's good to see that we're all focused on the important things here...

Would it help if I apologize on behalf of...uh...headline writers everywhere that you "single gals" are all desperate?

Wait...that came out wrong...

It could also be a play on the fact that her character on the show seems pretty desparate to find a man. The first sentence suggests that "Her marriage didn't work out on "Desperate Housewives," but things are looking rosy in real life for Eva Longoria".

"On Her Way to Becoming a Housewife" makes less (as much as?) sense than "Desperate No More" -- I'm doubting she's going to quit her job as an actress just because she's getting married. That seems more offensive a suggestion than that she'll no longer be desperate: "Hey women, find a man so you don't have to work and can become a housewife."

Okay, I'm gonna chime in here and say the headline was silly--albeit catchy--and I can see how it would feel insulting.  Men aren't considered desperate if they're single and over 28, but women usually are and it affects them in social situations much more strongly than it affects men.  And the headline writer was playing on that dynamic (as are the writers of Desperate Housewives--by portraying the women as "desperate," they're somehow more pitiable than the ridiculously shallow men in their lives).  

Nobody likes to be pitied unless he/she has is that annoying perpetual-victim type, which most people aren't.

Heather, I don't pity you, and I don't think you are desperate just for being unmarried!  And neither is Eva Longoria; it was a stupid headline.

I'd like to chime in with the fact that Eva Longoria is a total MILF. That is all.

Dude, a giraffe owning, champion hot dog eating, Trojan loving, recruiting wizard?

Too bad I am married and live halfway across the country...you may be the coolest chick ever!

Funny, your crazy 1-off posts seem to get the most comments.

And yes, Eva is freakin hot! According to IMDB she's 31, is that too young for me?  It's only 5 years...  ;-)

Maybe she was just desparate for someone to change her tire?

Let me know when you get the giraffe.

I stand corrected, she's not a MILF. I will instead refer to her as an ILF =)

Heather, please tell me that I misread your post.  You really didn't say that you find the idea of getting married and becoming a housewife offensive.