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posted by D on Wednesday March 26, @08:23PM
from the Inequality dept.
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incredibletulkas writes "In response to the article "The Attack on Women's Sports" which complained against the sexes treating equally in school programs, I was incensed regarding a more serious issue which has been of concern to me for some time. As a result, I used the information in the article to write the following letter to Education Secretary Rod Paige at customerservice@inet.ed.gov :
"Hello;
I wish to contact Education Secretary Rod Paige regarding a serious and widespread violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which requires schools to treat the two sexes equally; this violation has been going on for a number of years with no protest from the Department of Education.
Specifically, these violations take place in the form of certain self-defense courses, often known as "RAID," which are offered exlusively to women-- at school expense-- and which specifically prohibit men from attending at any time, and in fact ban even male attendance or observation under any circumstances, except for the course instructors.
Furthermore, these courses are often open to female non-students in the community, while likewise barring even male students of the school from participation.
This sexism was rationalized dismissed by simply claiming men had the option to fend for themselves, or in terms of finding--and funding-- other self-defense courses "elsewhere," despite claiming them to be of inferior quality in adequately preparing a person to defend against an actual attack, as well as being more difficult to learn in terms of time, trouble, expense and safety.
Since statistics regarding violent criminal assaults apply at least equally to men as to women in terms of frequency and severity-- and in any event do not indicate men to be inviolate-- then there is no evidence, conclusive or otherwise, that men would not benefit from such a program.
As such, this sexist double-standard is an outright violation of Title IX, and I would like to see this issue addressed immediately; either schools must immediate cease and desist from offering such courses-- either in terms or providing funding or facilities for them-- or else they must offer them to male students or participants on equal terms.""
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by Anonymous User on Wednesday March 26, @08:57PM EST (#1)
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This brings up another question again, "How does a guy defend himself from the domestic violence of a woman?"
The government is so Nazified it will give no answer to this valid question. A battered man is expected by our government to take every beating a woman gives him, all with no recourse. A man is expected by our government to take every beating a woman gives him, even if it costs him his life. Otherwise, there would be equal consideration under law for a man to defend himself.
Sincerely, Ray
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by Anonymous User on Wednesday March 26, @09:01PM EST (#2)
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Where is the link to the article that was cited in the original post? I would like to read it before jumping on any band wagons.
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You can find lots of them by searching under "RAID self-defense" and you can pull up dozens if not hundreds of articles about how great these courses are, offered through colleges and other institutions, which basically just teach unapologetically teach women how to take cheap-shots at men.
I won't get into the personal aspects of it, but it's pretty clear that the sanctity of all men is subordinate to female paranoia to warrant the debasement of such even in a pre-emptive manner-- but one could only imagine the uproar if this was extended to any other stereotype.
Notice that, in addition to saying how great the courses are, they also shamelessly include how no men are allowed, and give lame rationalizations which basically give the message that they don't give a rat's behind about men.
Being something of a scientific self-defense expert, I can tell you the course is mostly bunk-- except from the minimal simulation aspect of actually experiencing some sort of simulated attack-- but there's still no reason a man wouldn't benefit from learning and practicing a few cheap-shots just as much as a woman.
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You know what, if a guy came up to me and complained that these self-def courses were discriminating against him, I'd share my martial arts knowledge with him.
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I see you're still unclear on the concept of "equal protection under the law," in this case Title IX of the education code prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender.
Likewise, if you want to brag about your fighting expertise, go to www.ufc.com and I'm sure they can accomodate you. However, this is a Men's Rights board, and we discuss men's rights issues such as this one.
As for sharing your martial arts knowledge: as far as I'm concerned, sir, that would be a VERY short conversation.
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