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"Read Joe Biden’s Powerful Speech About Combating Violence Against Women"
Submitted by Mastodon on Mon, 2014-12-15 04:20
Article here. Excerpt:
'"It’s not only the culture of men in America we have to change, we have to change the culture of our daughters. My daughter, my sister, have been raised to understand that it is never, never, never, never, never, never, your fault. I got in trouble in the hearing, when I was doing this hearing 20 years ago, I said, ‘If a woman got up stark naked, walked out of this room, and walked across to the Capital, she’d be arrested for indecent exposure. But no man, no man, would have a right to lay a hand upon her.’ I got more hate mail than you can imagine. No man, no man, has a right, and no woman should ever question what did she do to deserve this?
And the second cultural change that has to take place is when no man in America, or the world, thinks that he ever has the right to raise a hand to a woman in anything other than self-defense. Never. Never, never, never. It’s that simple. It’s that absolute. It will still happen, but we have to end the ability to rationalize that I had some right, that was my woman, that was my wife. You never, ever, have the right.
Ladies and gentlemen, until the whole world accepts that no means no, or even more, that ONLY yes means yes. Only yes means yes. Ladies and gentlemen, I mean this when I say it, with your help, and your continued passion, we can actually change the cultures around the world, and continue to change our culture. Our civilization, the measure of our civility, depends on us doing a whole hell of a lot more. Thank you all, and may God bless you."'
Related: Joe Biden: "I'll Kill Your Son"
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Ahh, VAWA Joe at it again. Well, there's nothing wrong with the gist of what he's saying, i.e., that it's wrong to hit a woman out of anger or a desire to control or denigrate her. Of course it's just as wrong to do that to a man. My problem with JB and the others of his prejudicial bent is that they seem pathologically incapable of acknowledging that men are DV victims too, and not in small numbers.
Honestly, I think something traumatic around this topic happened to him or in his family. Possibly one or both of his parents came from a DV-plagued home, hence the reason for his father's apparent obsession about it. (Biden has mentioned his dad's frequent admonishments re this topic.)
There's nothing wrong with being an anti-DV activist. What is wrong is acknowledging the problem on behalf of only some of those adversely affected by it. He and those like him seem incapable of acknowledging male DV victims or that women are also perpetrators, or of acknowledging children as DV victims, or siblings, or parents/grandparents. All these are off the radar for him and the others in his club.
It's about demonizing men
The real purpose has been about demonizing men, not fixing the problem.
Similarly...
ONE VIEW
‘If a woman got up stark naked, walked out of this room, and walked across to the Capital, she’d be arrested for indecent exposure. But no man, no man, would have a right to lay a hand upon her.’
ANOTHER VIEW
‘If a MAN got up WEARING CLOTHES THAT MOCKED ISLAM, walked out of this room, and walked across to the Capital OF SYRIA, HE'D be arrested, IF NOT, THEN DECAPITATED for indecent EXPRESSION. But no man, no man, would have a right to lay a hand upon HIM.’
So go to it guys, gals: do what you want, how you want,when you want. You are totally free and not responsible for anything. Act like an idiot if you wish. Nothing is ever your fault. It is the other guy's fault and you are not an idiot for using bad judgement.
Re the "Related" link article
First, I rather doubt the story. It's a bit fantastic. But JB is a politician and he's also Joe Biden. 'nuff said. But still, if every word he spoke is true, bear in mind he was an older brother with a kid brother or sister (sister, in this case) who said she was picked on/beat up on by another kid. Older sibs tend to feel protective of their younger sibs, reserving the right to pick on/abuse/beat on their younger sibs for themselves. Such has been the way of nature and still is for countless millions of years, species notwithstanding, either. But where older bros. and their kid sisters are concerned, the drive to protect the bloodline at all costs can feel quite overwhelming. To this day, "Because he was picking on my kid sister," still stands up in a lot of courts of law as to why a guy walloped the bejeesus out of some other guy. It may not be right, but 'tis the way it is, and it's "evolutionarily adaptive". We're unlikely to see it go away any time soon.
What's noteworthy though abt JB is his obsession with the topic. That is what rather fascinates me abt him (aside from the sheer number and degree of gaffes he can generate w/out even trying), in addition of course to the level of cognitive dissonance he must employ to disregard any other kind of DV victim than females abused by males in intimate partner rel'ps. But I suppose if it is true he was raised in a home for whatever rsn obsessed w/ the topic, it should come as no surprise. Also if his anecdote is true, notice what he says his dad told him: that what he did was wrong but he still is proud of him. This is a great way to teach your kid that the ends justify the means. No wonder he's right at home among feminists.