You are quite right, it is usually a woman that will have the problem
and it's not hard to see why. This is from a book review in the San Francisco Chronicle:According to recent figures published by the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than half of all women in the United States have experienced physical sexual violence during their lifetimes. About 1 in 4 women has been forced to endure rape or attempted rape. More than 4 in 5 female rape survivors said the were first raped before age 25, and nearly half were first raped before they turned 18.What these figures demonstrate is that women and girls in the U.S. are being preyed upon at an alarming rate every day, and that the systems put in place to protect them are failing them.
I grant you that this describes the situation in the US, not Australia. But I doubt if the statistics are very different there. When my wife and I visited Australia back in the 1990s, we were both struck by the very sexist attitudes that prevailed there. My wife said it was like being a woman in the US in the 1950s. And I remember a poster in the Underground there that said that four out of five men approved of wife-beating.
So I can understand where women are coming from when they're concerned about nudity, which they equate with vulnerability. That's the problem that has to be addressed.
You are quite right, it is usually a woman that will have the problemand it's not hard to see why. This is from a book review in the San Francisco Chronicle:According to recent figures published by the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than half of all women in the United States have experienced physical sexual violence during their lifetimes. About 1 in 4 women has been forced to endure rape or attempted rape. More than 4 in 5 female rape survivors said the were first raped before age 25, and nearly half were first raped before they turned 18.What these figures demonstrate is that women and girls in the U.S. are being preyed upon at an alarming rate every day, and that the systems put in place to protect them are failing them.I grant you that this describes the situation in the US, not Australia. But I doubt if the statistics are very different there. When my wife and I visited Australia back in the 1990s, we were both struck by the very sexist attitudes that prevailed there. My wife said it was like being a woman in the US in the 1950s. And I remember a poster in the Underground there that said that four out of five men approved of wife-beating.So I can understand where women are coming from when they're concerned about nudity, which they equate with vulnerability. That's the problem that has to be addressed.
Yes, the level of sexual violence towards women is high and completely unacceptable.
Guys need to understand that it's not OK to abuse others - be they women or men or kids etc.
Physical and sexual abuse seems to stem from their inability to control their emotions and sex drive.
It's disappointing to hear about that poster. With stats like that, there's a long road ahead to stopping the abuse.
It starts in the home, when boys are growing up. They need to be educated that you don't touch others, especially the ladies.
I was taught that from a young age, and no matter how I feel about a lady I would never assault her in any way.
It's about having compassion and kindness for people regardless of what you might be thinking or feeling inside.
I remember reading some stats about sexual abuse not that long ago and they said 1 in 3 girls experience it and 1 in 5 boys - so us guys are also affected by it, yet we generally don't have problems with nudity like the ladies do.
nakedasskiwi wrote:I remember reading some stats about sexual abuse not that long ago and they said 1 in 3 girls experience it and 1 in 5 boys - so us guys are also affected by it, yet we generally don't have problems with nudity like the ladies do.
I was one of those boys, although the molestation didn't go far as the older boy lost his nerve and stopped groping me. I guess I was 7 or 8 at the time.
And I agree that it's up to us men to teach boys that no form of sexual molestation is ever appropriate, at any age or with any gender. Toxic masculinity started with us, and it has to stop with us.
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