(yes, I know, old post, and offtopic. Still, pet peeve...)
> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:25:55 -0800
> From: jr...@salford-systems.com
>
> [..] combined with a general contempt for women
> (beautiful or not) as weaklings and inferiors. Thus, while removing
> sexually provacative pictures from collections of clip art *might*
> discourage perverse sexual behavior to a very modest extent, it is
> unlikely to reduce the number of wife-beaters. Treating the latter and
> other bullies as the common criminals they are, and ceasing to make
> excuses for them (together with teaching boys from a young age to respect
> girls and women and protect them from violence) would do a lot more.
I don't think you can have it both ways. There is no way to combine the
perception of "women as weaklings and inferiors" with "teaching boys from
a young age to [protect] girls and women". If you do the latter, you
reinforce the former. Yes, teach boys to respect others. Teach girls the
same. But stop perpetuating the misguided idea that one gender is
reponsible (as either provider or protector) for the other.
Regards,
Arno
