Something far more important is the subliminal message being assessed in the new "Star Wars" trailer (click here).
When discussing violence against women, including sexual assault, I think it is still in the early days of feminism.
I might remind feminism has the same meaning for men and women. Feminism is not about removing rights, identities or social restructuring; it is about freedom and the right of men and women to increase opportunity.
Ex: A wedding band for both the woman and man.
The right to pursue any profession, including and especially those genderized from the past, ie: male nurses and teachers, female truck drivers and soldiers, women ministers, graduate schools open to both genders. Feminism opens life's experiences to all people. Equality. It does not change the fact women are smaller in height and lighter in weight. The secondary sex characteristics don't change because the opportunity is greater. Genetics are not assaulted because there is equality. Women are still women and men are still men. It has nothing to do with choosing marriage and whom to marry. Equality is equal opportunity.
The reason I bring this up is because so much of the sexual assault of women occurs in the workplace. Women's presence among men increased in the 1960s. When that movement occurred it seems to me there was a stereotype of disrespect that developed for women. It was an assault on gender stereotypes and men's defense of 'having to put up with women' in places they weren't previously was to demean them.
Are women still dealing with the past? Stereotypes long since jettisoned by current generations?
...For decades, (click here) there were few significant changes in the ways women were treated at work. Those who complained discovered that sexually predatory behavior on the job was dismissed as trivial and harmless. Women rarely talked openly about the issue, although the situation only became more pressing as their participation in the workforce increased throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
The turning point finally came in the mid-1970s, as the women’s liberation movement began to challenge a justice system — as well as a culture at large — that failed to recognize women’s consent. The campaign against sexual harassment was the natural extension of the grassroots anti-rape and anti-battering movements, which grew out of consciousness-raising sessions in which women shared personal stories and realized they were not alone in their experiences....
I don't believe we have erased the anger men have with women that are smart, assertive and TAKING THEIR JOBS. We are not peers. We need to be valued as peers, not just a woman with a job.
A real life example of the Dark Ages. I was in a restaurant when a man and his friend came in with a baby. It was his daughter. Regardless, the babies gender the man needed a space to change the baby's diaper. He went into the men's room and there was no changing station there. He called the waitress over and explained his wife was not with him and he needed a place to change his baby daughter. The waitress talked with the manager who came to his table and apologized for the lack of facility. He asked the waitress to go into the Ladies Room to see if anyone was inside. When the Ladies Restroom was empty he stationed himself outside and allowed the man in to change the baby at the station in the Ladies Room.
This is 2017. There are no baby changing stations in the Men's Room of a fairly nice restaurant. Why?
True story.
The reason I bring this up is because so much of the sexual assault of women occurs in the workplace. Women's presence among men increased in the 1960s. When that movement occurred it seems to me there was a stereotype of disrespect that developed for women. It was an assault on gender stereotypes and men's defense of 'having to put up with women' in places they weren't previously was to demean them.
Are women still dealing with the past? Stereotypes long since jettisoned by current generations?
...For decades, (click here) there were few significant changes in the ways women were treated at work. Those who complained discovered that sexually predatory behavior on the job was dismissed as trivial and harmless. Women rarely talked openly about the issue, although the situation only became more pressing as their participation in the workforce increased throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
The turning point finally came in the mid-1970s, as the women’s liberation movement began to challenge a justice system — as well as a culture at large — that failed to recognize women’s consent. The campaign against sexual harassment was the natural extension of the grassroots anti-rape and anti-battering movements, which grew out of consciousness-raising sessions in which women shared personal stories and realized they were not alone in their experiences....
I don't believe we have erased the anger men have with women that are smart, assertive and TAKING THEIR JOBS. We are not peers. We need to be valued as peers, not just a woman with a job.
A real life example of the Dark Ages. I was in a restaurant when a man and his friend came in with a baby. It was his daughter. Regardless, the babies gender the man needed a space to change the baby's diaper. He went into the men's room and there was no changing station there. He called the waitress over and explained his wife was not with him and he needed a place to change his baby daughter. The waitress talked with the manager who came to his table and apologized for the lack of facility. He asked the waitress to go into the Ladies Room to see if anyone was inside. When the Ladies Restroom was empty he stationed himself outside and allowed the man in to change the baby at the station in the Ladies Room.
This is 2017. There are no baby changing stations in the Men's Room of a fairly nice restaurant. Why?
True story.
