Wendy McElroy: 'Kids are like the Gorgon. Do not gaze too long'

Submitted by anthony on Sat, 2009-09-19 21:12

Piece here

'For many months I have been crying out against the political hysteria that currently surrounds issues of child abuse, child sexuality, etc. The witch hunt has made men into presumed criminals if they manifest the most innocent of behavior -- e.g. kiss their own child in public, snap a photo in which a child happens to be present even if the child is their own, make or hold eye contact with children, sit on a bench near a public school or park... The following is one of the emails I receive from men who are presumed guilty by society by virtue of being male.'

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The sense of things I get is that when kids are with their parents, the parents almost dare you (a lone man) to look at them. Also, they teach their kids to be paranoid - these kids will have tremendous problems when they grow up, having been raised not to trust men.

-ax

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Submitted by axolotl on Sun, 2009-09-20 19:31