Is the Conjugal Harmony Dating Site a Gag?
Over on Twitter, inmate dating site Conjugal Dating is all the buzz. Is it real? Can it be? Or its it political commentary, using dating sites as the punchline?
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Inmate dating sites exist, yes - usually as an extension of the pen pal inmate offers you've likely seen at the back of some magazines. I've even added an inmate dating sites to my list of strange dating sites. Not everyone wants to date someone behind bars, but there are some folks who don't mind.
Conjugal Harmony however has taken the idea of dating an inmate a step further - a huge step in the direction of distasteful and degrading. Their main tag lines reads: "The nagging stops when the bars slam shut!" Or from their even more inappropriate FAQ: "With a conjugal marriage, you will finally have a wife with the perfect amount of freedoms and rights, and more importantly, you will finally start enjoying your own."
Initially I thought Conjugal Harmony was another of Mingle2's spoof dating sites, like ZombieHarmony. But on closer review, Conjugal Harmony is a bit, er, harsher. There's a theme to the site, and it isn't pretty. Sarcastic, dark and dry? Yes. Real? Doubtful. The clincher for me was the copyright notice at the bottom of every page, which states the site is "in cooperation with the Governor of Illinois". I'm assuming this is referring to the recent news that former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was indicted on corruption charges earlier this week.
But what do you think? Am I being overly sensitive, or is Conjugal Harmony terribly offensive? And is it for real, or a gag?
Comments
Definetely fake, but very, very funny.
absolutely funny…brand new concept…lol wish i thought of it first
Actually if it is real then this is a very good thing!! We in the US are brainwashed into the “have a “Significant Other”. Women and men get trapped into relationships that do not meet their needs but are financially imprisoned into 13th century social standards with disastorous consequences!!
It is probably fake but why the negative value judgment?? Let’s look at it from a different point of view.
Sex positive without the negative prejudice many western women have the idea that confrontation is the way to get what you want without the give and take of any relationship. Many women wish for freedom to pursue their dreams and not be tied down. Only the very rich can (at this time) can enjoy the freedom to have choices that can make living better. There is a double standard at work. PC has brainwashed this society into believing that male sexuality is bad and women’s sexuality must be controlled.
Bonny,
The general audience is so numbed by women whoring themselves in order to try to be some’body’, that they don’t even see the deep rooted disrespect of women, if not downright hatred of them, in such ‘comedy’.
Sarcasm as a form of humor, is the natural choice for a message that has some pain and/or anger underneath. eg: if you aren’t outraged, you aren’t paying attention.