| SpokenTruth said: Again, the ad could be better but it's only a product of the issue. Akin to attacking the messenger (and message) rather than the underlying problem itself. Should ads be produced that teach women how to prevent dangerous circumstances? Damn good idea. Should laws be enacted with stricter punishments for rape and false rape accusations? Even better idea. But if we don't understand why these kinds of ads (even these poor ones) are made in the first place, we are missing the bigger issue. If we fight over the video, we ignore the real problem. This is our problem. We immediately wonder why they are attacking all of us men. We wonder why they are accusing us of possibly being rapists just because we look, flirt or whistle. We wonder why they see us as doing wrong just for being men. When what we really should be wondering is why this kind of ad was needed in the first place. We look at ourselves individually and take umbrage for the accusation (granted every group does this regardless of association...race, sex, ethnicity, religion, etc...). But we fail to look at ourselves as a collective sex. We fail to ask ourselves as men if we are really doing all we can to protect and prevent ourselves (as a group, not individually) from harming women. It's a tough thing to reflect on because we'd rather put that repsonsibility elsewhere. |
" We fail to ask ourselves as men if we are really doing all we can to protect and prevent ourselves (as a group, not individually) from harming women."
what would you suggest we do to make women safer?
