LOHAN AND THE HYPOCRITES

`````When men live lives of chaos, divorce, excess, drug addiction and alcoholism they are lionized as living the romantic artist's myth, and when women engage in these behaviors they are called mentally ill whores.`````
`````Kate Braverman`````
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`````Trust me, I am no fan of Lyndsay Lohan's films. I don't have anything against her, and I found her acting fine in "Bobby." Unlike Jennifer Jason Leigh or Meryl Streep, she's not a living actress whom I find outstanding.
`````I am absolutely disgusted with what's been going on with her as of late, and the general double standard in society, and Hollywood in particular. Lyndsay Lohan has recently been dumped from a film in which she was involved about the life of Linda Lovelace. It is claimed that she is uninsurable given her history with substance abuse.
`````Here's where my rant takes flight. Let's compare her to Charlie Sheen, shall we? At the moment, Ms Lohan is in a treatment facility for her usage---a good facility at that. Those who have spotted her insist that they haven't seen her look this good in ages. Charlie Sheen, however, was recently photographed looking much worse for wear. He was arrested and carted off to the hospital for what he claims was a mishap with medication. Please insert the laugh track here. At the time of said mishap, he was in the presence of a sometimes porn-star and sometimes prostitute. They try to make it sound classier by listing their price or calling themselves VIP hostesses. I don't care if they are standing on the street corner or selling their wares in very discreet channels. What they do is the same job. Don't kid yourself or the public. A naked woman locked in a closet with a reportedly coked-out star doesn't equal class even if a lot of cash changed hands. Charlie was almost foaming at the mouth at the time as he was so messed up.
`````This is not Charlie Sheen's first encounter with the law. Last year, he was picked up for spousal assault. Again, heavy duty partying had been involved. In the past, he actually shot his then girl-friend Kelly Preston. He has admitted to spending tens of thousands of dollars on prostitutes. His drug problem was so out of hand that his father begged him to get help.
`````Personally, I think prostitution should be legal. It would bring tax money into the coffers, be safer for the women, keep kids out of it and quite frankly, it's nobody's business what consenting adults do. That being said, Charlie Sheen was having sex while married to another person, which endangered that individual's health. That's the problem.
`````Was he castigated in the public? Not much. He continued to receive a huge pay cheque and appear on a top show. If one took time to read the comments on public forums, he got a high approval rating from his male fans. They felt that he was living the dream. Go, Charlie, go.
`````Lyndsay Lohan, on the other hand, was picked up for driving crimes. She was in a fairly long term relationship with one individual (another woman). It was reported that she was devastated by the breakup. Any of her sexual encounters were most likely driven by lonliness. Unlike Charlie, she did not bed thousands in an unrelenting quest for evermore notches. Yet, she was labelled the "slut." It was she that was made fun of at parties and was suddenly no longer invited to A-list events.
`````There is a bitter irony in her being dropped from a movie about Linda Lovelace. Linda made little money off the porn films she was involved in, yet the males who pushed her into the business certainly did. Many jokes were made at her expense, while millions were made by the producers. She was the tramp/harlot/garbage, but nobody would in turn put the "pimp' label onto her manager.
`````This just disgusts me. I hope she continues with the treatment plan for her own sake. Hypocrites.