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.

Its very bizarre. What admonitions are they going to post next? "Your child is smaller than you! Beating on it is not fair!" or "Your husband is a person, too. Do not poison his food!" or "Nice people don't kick their dogs!" ?

What are we coming to when we have to put up signs admonishing people to behave as normal human toward one another?

And depicting the woman with breast bare?

[Trilby]

Originally Posted by marichiko

And depicting the woman with breast bare?

Oh, yes. We want to excite our audience, no? Imagine he beats her until she begs him to f*** her, or, he simply rapes her--isn't that what is behind all of this? The sign-maker/"artist" of the work seems to be slyly winking, doesn't he?

Yes, Brianna I think you've caught what is disturbing about that sign! It slyly equates violence with sex! Give the little woman a good beating, then kiss and make-up. After all, you can get a woman to do whatever you want in bed if she's terrified of you. Oh, barf!

[jinx]

Originally Posted by marichiko

And depicting the woman with breast bare?

Would that be considered "flirty"? If so, 1 in 3 Britons believe she would be partly or totally responsible if she were raped.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by marichiko

What are we coming to when we have to put up signs admonishing people to behave as normal human toward one another?

That's the problem there. He is behaving as a normal human. He's doing what his father did.....and his father before him. In that society it is normal behavior .....or at least one of the options, that is accepted behavior.
Other parts of the word have similar problems, like setting your wife on fire in India and other extremes in lots of places.
As you well know, rape is about power and humiliation, not sex. That's why is isn't looked upon as a great problem in countries where maiming and death are also viable options.