Missing white woman syndrome
From Encyclopedia Dramatica
Missing white woman syndrome is a horrible affliction suffered by Old Media. Whenever a stupid white woman goes missing the media makes sure everybody knows about it and make it the story of the week. Unfortunately, most missing white women are found alive and in good health.
However, if anyone unattractive, male, or of colour goes missing the media doesn't care at all. It is nearly impossible to get any television coverage for any of these people no matter what social class they come from. Some argue this is because women and white people are just plain better than everyone else, a fact which has yet to be disproven.
Some argue that the term was made up by Wikipedia, as a result of them having a long-standing article on it.
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[edit] Symptoms
Include, but are not limited to:
- Tabloids have full-front page picture with ALLCAPS words "MISSING"
- Interviews with stupid relatives
- "Experts" guessing where she be at
- Overdramatization of the whole event
- Ignoring much cooler news stories
[edit] Quotes
"Where all the white women at ..?"
[edit] Reactions
In a fit of zOMG people will often try to burn you at the stake if you haven't:
- Donated money to finding the missing woman
- Posted a picture of the missing woman in MySpace (because MySpace people leave their bedroom so much they might see the missing woman on the street!)
- Add your name to a chain-mail no one will ever read
They are also not too fond of jokes about the women as this quote proves when Chovy tried putting a joke into his MSN Name:
See This Full Conversation HERE
[edit] Examples
Include (but are not limited to:
- Madeleine McCann
- The Runaway Bride (aka the Hypnotoad)
- Elizabeth Smart
- Natalee Holloway
