11/20/2005: Woman is your friend

[Beestie]

The cultural tolerance of abusing women in some parts of the world is unbelievable. The "right" to abuse women exists at a very deep cultural level in some places and is not a function of attitudes as it is here in America.

So I think the remedy that works in America (an attitude adjustment) will not be effective in certain other places. IMHO, the "right" must be revoked at the cultural level before one can expect any change at the attitude level.

Ironically, the message in the sign almost does nothing to address either the attitude or the cultural tolerance/justification. Its not much different than telling a man to stop beating his dog but instead to take better care of it while offering no motivation for doing so. So sensitive to the feelings of the woman beater, it does not even go as far as saying that its wrong. Not a terribly effective campaign I don't think.