Men are not monsters

Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2015-11-20 21:30

Article here. Excerpt:

Last week three of my four boys were herded into school-sponsored assemblies and asked to stand, raise their hands and pledge to never, ever hurt a woman. While their female classmates remained seated, my boys faced intense pressure to say:

I promise
To never ever
Hit, hurt, or otherwise harm
A woman, girl, or child.
I understand
That I am bigger and stronger
Than many women, girls, and children.
Therefore it is my DUTY
To NEVER HARM them,
Protect, Respect, Honor, and Love them
No matter what.

Aghast, my 17-year-old son walked out. Less than two hours later, he went to choir practice, where he and his classmates practiced a parody of "Cell Block Tango" from the musical "Chicago" that features the “six merry murderesses of Cook County Jail” singing about killing their lovers. Here's one verse:  

            Hah! He had it coming
            He had it coming
            He took a flower
            In its prime
            And then he used it
            And he abused it
            It was a murder
            But not a crime!       

Ironic, eh?'

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Comments

If a man does it, it's bad.

If a woman does it, well, even if it's bad, it's not as bad as when a man does it.

Women are special. Men are not. That's just the way it is.

I think men today need to be taught that women ain't all sugar and spice. Women do some nasty things--and someone needs to make boys growing up aware of this. Men have a perfect right to defend themselves from women. They also need to be made aware of all the legal damage a woman can cause, from false allegations to cleaning out his bank account. I think a lot of young men are very naive about what the modern woman is all about. Women are taught how bad men can be. Men need to be taught how bad women can be.

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Submitted by el cid on Sat, 2015-11-21 03:14