<![CDATA[Jezebel: john quinones]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: john quinones]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/johnquinones http://jezebel.com/tag/johnquinones <![CDATA[Would You Rescue A Polygamist Child Bride?]]> This week's topic on the hidden camera series What Would You Do? was ripped from the headlines: Would people help a 15-year old girl from a polygamist sect who is being forced to marry?

Good Morning America ran a preview of tonight's episode and the folks at ABC News were clearly excited that this week's ridiculous stunt involved the actors wearing elaborate prairie costumes. Though it's pointed out that the polygamists in Colorado City, AZ don't like outsiders, apparently they'd be willing to eat out at a local restaurant and talk loudly about the teenager's impending marriage. Luckily, several women step in to help the girl and unlike last week, anchor John Quinones doesn't attribute it to "one thing that's foolproof: A woman's tears." Clip at left.

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<![CDATA[Would You Tell Someone If Her Drink Had Been Drugged?]]> Today Good Morning America ran a segment from Primetime's hidden camera series "What Would You Do?" which routinely tests the limits of responsible journalism.

In the clip at left, two actors, Brigitte and John, sit at a bar pretending to be on a date. While Brigitte is in the bathroom, John pours a powder in her drink. While, as anchor John Quinones says, what's frightening is that this happens in real life, it's unlikely this exact scenario would happen, since no human has ever responded to his date saying she feels ill by saying, "I have a pool at my house." The terribly written skit is performed in front of a group of guys and a middle-aged woman, and you can probably guess who intervenes and tells Bridgitte she's been drugged.

As pointed out on Shakesville, the word "rape" is never uttered during this segment. When Bridgitte and the woman cry and hug after it's revealed that it was just an act, Quinones says "Why are you crying? You're an actress!" He adds that Bridgitte was probably all worked up because she was drugged in real life two years ago, but "no one came to her rescue until after she had taken the drink."

Read This—and Resolve Again to Be All In [Shakesville]

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<![CDATA[Women On The Verge Of A Persistent Orgasm Open Up To 20/20]]> Constantly being on the verge of an orgasm sounds like it might be fun, but it's actually an awful medical condition known as Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome (PSAS). Sufferers of PSAS — who are always female — say that unwanted genital arousal makes it virtually impossible for them to concentrate on anything, even sleep. Identified only six years ago, very little is known about PSAS, including why it happens or how to cure it, leaving sufferers to come up with creative home remedies. (One woman freezes a water-filled condom to numb her entire area!) This past Friday, 20/20 aired a segment all about the medical anomaly, placing its four subjects on a really bizarre — and perhaps totally inappropriate — Skinemax-esque set, with special lighting, and glasses of wine. Clip above.


Earlier: Horny? Sure Hope It's Not "Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome!"

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