# "Snapped" on the Oxygen channel **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapped-on-the-oxygen-channel/284291 "2005-01-11T23:50:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapped-on-the-oxygen-channel/284291/1 "2005-01-11T23:50:56Z")
It seems that there’s a documentary-type show on Oprah’s network, called “Snapped”. Each episode documents a different case of a woman who killed her husband. Given the target audience (women) and the title (notice that it’s not “Evil women who should be behind bars”…) does this strike anyone as a little, um, disturbing? That their message is “these women couldn’t take it anymore, and shot the bastard…maybe your hubby better watch out”? Should Spike TV get equal time – men who offed their wives? Is it just me, or is this creepy? ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapped-on-the-oxygen-channel/284291/2 "2005-01-12T00:36:12Z")
Oxygen is supposed to target WOMEN?! Good christ, is that men’s way of keeping our arses in the kitchen and away from their TV or what?! _shudder_ I haven’t seen the show because Victim TV (Oxygen and Lifetime) is not allowed in the malkavia household, so I can’t really comment specifically. All of their shows seem to be craptastic stabs at the male gender though. My dad told me a few months ago, “Jesus, Shan. I was channel surfing the other day and I ran across the Lifetime channel. You don’t watch this shit, do you?” “No, dad. Why?” “I swear to god, 15 minutes into it and I started hating us too.” 😃