RE: Sexodus?!?
December 9, 2014 at 5:59 pm
(This post was last modified: December 9, 2014 at 6:10 pm by Nope.)
I got half way through the article and gave up. It was just too overblown for my tastes.
I keep reading that women are entering colleges at a greater rate then men. I wonder if part of the reason is that some decently paying careers that don't need a four year degree are traditionally seen as male careers like welding or truck driving. Are there any jobs that are traditionally female that pay a decent living without a four year degree? I have known men that support their families on truck driving salaries, for example. They might not be rich but they do all right.
A lot of problems that men and women face are actually because of similar issues.
If someone is raped, for example, many people will look for what the victim did wrong that caused her own attack. The flip side is that when you teach women that their dress or actions can cause rape, you are basically teaching young women that most men are potential rapists, which is also harmful to men. Rape should be considered a form of terrorism that just happens to use sex as a weapon. Most men aren't rapists and don't suddenly want to hurt or degrade a woman because they saw a little skin or she smiled at them. The way we deal with rape hurts both men and women but because we are influenced by a traditional way of looking at sex and gender, we shame victims and make all men look like potential sexual predators. That isn't fair to either men or women
I keep reading that women are entering colleges at a greater rate then men. I wonder if part of the reason is that some decently paying careers that don't need a four year degree are traditionally seen as male careers like welding or truck driving. Are there any jobs that are traditionally female that pay a decent living without a four year degree? I have known men that support their families on truck driving salaries, for example. They might not be rich but they do all right.
A lot of problems that men and women face are actually because of similar issues.
If someone is raped, for example, many people will look for what the victim did wrong that caused her own attack. The flip side is that when you teach women that their dress or actions can cause rape, you are basically teaching young women that most men are potential rapists, which is also harmful to men. Rape should be considered a form of terrorism that just happens to use sex as a weapon. Most men aren't rapists and don't suddenly want to hurt or degrade a woman because they saw a little skin or she smiled at them. The way we deal with rape hurts both men and women but because we are influenced by a traditional way of looking at sex and gender, we shame victims and make all men look like potential sexual predators. That isn't fair to either men or women
