I sitll find your comments incredibly insulting. I was raised to be a lady by my mother and as the wife of a Colonel in the USAF (serving in the Secretary of Defense's office), I attend military balls and other formal occasions. I dress appropriately, eat appropriately, don't hoot and holler or fist pump, I don't drink to excess. I cause no embarrassment to my husband or the Pentagon where he works. I would argue that I'm not unique in that respect. I am surrounded by women equally capable of behaving with class and discretion--may I even say elegance. They DON'T behave like a Real Housewife. To make such a statement--that women, playing to the cameras on a TV show--are representative of American women today is outrageous and, with all due respect, rather bone-headed. There are a couple dozen women on those TV shows--from that, you draw a conclusion about of several hundred milion women in a country you don't even reside in and thus have the chance to view day-to-day in a variety of situations. To make blanket statements about American women--and you DID--is incredibly disrespectful and insulting to a multitude of women who are your fellow members on this Forum. I would politely request that, since you don't feel able to make a sincere apology (and you are entitled to your personal beliefs) you at least refrain from continuing on in such a vein.
