You may remember that last summer, Michael W. Edwards of Maryland was accused of spraying semen from a bottle onto women’s backs in Giant grocery stores and Michael’s craft stores in Gaithersburg, Maryland. At the time, Edwards admitted to the grossness.
When I heard about it, I was not only disgusted by his actions, but I also was annoyed at the reporting. The Washington Post author of the article about it kept mentioning how “normal” Edwards is and how he attends church, etc.
Big whoop-dee-doo. Maybe the writer would feel differently had Edwards shooted semen on HIM at a grocery store.
Well, someone on Facebook gave me a tip that Edwards was recently sentenced to three years in jail for two counts of second-degree assault. But because he attends church and otherwise follows the law, his sentence was reduced to probation, no jail time. The only silver lining is that he has to see a therapist during probation.
Now maybe prison wouldn’t have solved anything either, but shouldn’t he have some other punishment? Especially since it sounds like it was a hate crime.
Edwards claims his “actions” were the result of “misplaced anger after breaking up with his girlfriend.” So because he was upset over a break up, he bottled up some of his semen and went looking for innocent women in stores to shoot it at. That’s a hate crime against women. And yet, again, he faces virtually no consequences.
So guys, go ahead and load up. It’s open season for shooting sperm at women. Well, as long as you attend church, have no prior criminal record, and have “misplaced anger” against women.
kg says
Disturbing.
Elaine says
Wonder how lenient the courts would have been had the situation been that of a woman bottling her menstrual blood and spraying it on unsuspecting males. I’m willing to bet she’d have been everything just shy of being burned at the stake, with an enormous hue and cry about the ‘health risk’ she’d created, etc., etc. Presumably there are no risks of infectious diseases that could possibly be transmitted by spraying one’s precious male bodily fluids around, as I never noticed any mention of that even being made in the ‘reportage’ on this case, nor any of the arrest/trial proceedings. Incredible and disgusting.
Julie says
I live in Manhattan and I KNOW that people have done this to me before. I think it is because of porn and it always shows guys cuming on women. Like they own you or something because they put their cum on you.It should be a more serious crime…and the fact that he filmed it? Creepy. I would kill him i f he posted a video of spraying semen on me. What is wrong with people?
km says
That is absolutely disgusting and it’s despicable that he doesn’t even have to serve any jail time. He seems like someone who could learn from the experience of being treated like a piece of meat.
Concealed Weapon says
Why does everyone think that people who go to church are less deserving of legal trouble? How is this not religious discrimination?