Editor's Note: D. Barbara McWhite grew up in York County, S.C., and lives in Orange Park, Fla., with her husband and cat. Her columns is published on this website each Tuesday. Opinions expressed are solely her own.

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Ladies, what’s up with the cutting off of the "manthings?"

First Lorena Bobbit, and now Catherine Kieu Becker has taken it a step further by not only cutting off her husband penis but by throwing it into a garbage disposal and switching it on.

I know men can be vexing. I have had one for a lot of years. But there is absolutely no excuse for this kind of mutilation. What could any man possibly do that would warrant such savage reaction?

The act this woman committed not only demonstrated amazing cruelty but also showed how lacking she was in imagination.

You see, there are things far worse for men than a whacked-off pecker. Real women know there are many ways to "cut" a man -- all of them legal and none causing physical or permanent injury.

For instance:

1. With the NFL lockout finally over, if he stops paying attention to you...cut off his cable sports channel.

2. If he criticizes your figure, telling you that you are too fat...cut your cooking down to once per month.

3. If he nags you while you are driving...cut your wheel toward your mother’s house and stay a long while.

4. If you have given him enough time to get his act together and he still hasn’t...cut your losses.

5. If you find out he has a violent past...cut and run.

6. If he drinks too much...cut his scotch bottle with water.

7. If you want to get married and he keeps making excuses...cut to the chase.

8. If his ego is getting a bit too big and he criticizes you...cut him down to size.

9. If he tries to dump you at a nice restaurant, thinking you won't act out in public...cut the fool and show him he's wrong.

10. If he’s cheating on you...cut him off.

As you can see, there are many creative and genteel ways of dealing with your man’s misbehavior, and I humbly suggest them as alternatives to the barbaric behavior of Bobbit and Becker. Ladies, don't grab a knife when you get mad at your guy. It works out better when you both keep ... umm ... your heads.

So, the next time your man starts showing out on you and you have reached you limit, say to him, in your loudest voice, "Look, man, I'm gonna cut you...(at this point he will run off )...some slack!”

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