westerebus
westerebus's JournalYou did not answer the question.
I'm asking based on what you posted that as warfare is by any measure a male centered occupation ( which I agree it is ) then why do Feminists endorse opening combat roles to women if in fact women are the nurturing, care taking, enlightened side of humanity you claim they are given their historic roles?
You can if you want answer for yourself or in general. I'm interested in your opinion. You may or may not be a feminist, I don't know if you as an individual identify yourself as a feminist.
My understanding is that in general they do see this as a positive development.
I also understand that the majority of humankind is opposed to violence for obvious reasons.
That in and of itself would make the majority of humankind enlightened, nurturing and care taking without imposing gender stereotypes.
From my limited perspective, Feminists view gender stereotyping as counter productive. If I'm incorrect than please explain what it is I do not understand.
From my point of view, Feminism is not a battle for dominance between the sexes, it is the realization that equality benefits everyone.
The driver to a culture that expands economic rights, gender rights, civil rights and human rights for everyone is in everyone's self interests.
Thanks for the link.
If I read it correctly that when the overall (sexual abuse) trend declines, it will be seen across indicators that would trend in decline also. The foremost was the decline in the teen birth rate and in welfare assistance. The counter indicator was the over all improvement in the economic situation in general for children of all ages.
I buy that logic, but, given the reversal of the gains made in the ninety's in those areas to were we are today, I would suspect to see an upward trend reappear in the reporting of abuse.
What is net positive is the fact there are hard numbers with which to view improvement. The fact there is a reporting system and the results are tested to a high standard gives me hope that those charged with protecting children are doing what they can given the limits of their resources.
The word Men connotes adult males. Not all abusers/rapists are adults. Secondly, what percentage of rapists would you expect to find among the geriatric portion of the adult male population? I would suspect it to be fairly low.
If a juvenile is charged as a adult does that make him or her an adult? Yet, the trend continues to amplify the prosecution of young offenders as adults.
I'd say: The decline in reported rapes remains contentious. The trend being in decline over the past 20 years still remains too high to be considered less threatening to a large portion of the population regardless of their sex and age. Males in general are less prone to rape than they were in the recent past which although encouraging, rape in any form remains unacceptable.
The short version. Males are more prone to rape than Females.
Thanks for your input.
Several things.
The term "rape culture" does not adequately describe a large part of a horrific problem glossed over in the statistics. 60% of reported rapes happen before the person is 18 years old with the almost half the victims reporting knowing the offender.
What that says to me is we have an "incest culture" on equal footing with the rape of women. This problem involving children with the predominance of female children being the victims isn't being discussed by either side.
First, not all sexual assaults are father or step-father on daughter, but male sibling on female sibling. It expands from there to include other family relations and others known to the family of the victim in a majority of the cases.
For what I have to say, I will keep to the male-female interaction with the male as the instigator or aggressor. One third of these assaults occur before the child is eleven years old.
Given the trauma a young child would endure, is it possible that at a later point in life this victim would chose not to report a rape as an adult?
Which brings me to the other popular statement: "all men are potential rapists". The reality is all humans are potential rapists. As boys are males and as girls are females, what might be correct to say is "Males are more prone to rape than females" and the distinction that only adult men rape is put into a less inflammatory perspective.
Finally, I don't want to leave out male children who are victims of sexual assault. They too knew their assailant. Often, an authority figure known to the family and more often a representative of a religious organization.
There is a lot of work to be done as far as I can tell. Thanks for giving me this opportunity to speak my mind.
I think I was 10.
The first time I held a purse, though held is not the correct description, as my mom looped it around my neck as she and my grandmother shopped a bin of kid's socks if I remember correctly.
Now my first wife's handbag is what her purse went into. There was a a check book holder of two pounds, a photo album of one and a half, a make up kit add one more, at least one book, assorted gums, nine pens, and a sundry of fittings given the occasion weighting in at three or more, not including keys to every vehicle and lock of every member of the extended family including those they no longer drove or owned. The flashlight and umbrella, an address book that held the locations of every one she knew, her mother knew, her father knew, she had gone to nursing school with, the birth dates of every person and any quirk or allergic reaction they might have, that of their next closets sibling or SO, which by itself was a hefty brick in size and twice the weight.
I'd carry that around Macy's just for bragging rights. Purse. Ha! I laugh at your purse!
This is anti-woman propaganda to put it mildly.
They are a bunch of dim witted insipid antagonistic sexist misogynistic pandering jerks.
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