Posted on 09/08/2007 2:52:54 PM PDT by decimon
These days, if Rian Romoli accidentally bumps into a child, he quickly raises his hands above his shoulders. "I don't want to give even the slightest indication that any inadvertent touching occurred," says Mr. Romoli, an economist in La Cañada Flintridge, Calif.
Ted Wallis, a doctor in Austin, Texas, recently came upon a lost child in tears in a mall. His first instinct was to help, but he feared people might consider him a predator. He walked away. "Being male," he explains, "I am guilty until proven innocent."
In San Diego, retiree Ralph Castro says he won't allow himself to be alone with a child -- even in an elevator.
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Some years ago a friend of mine (a man) was working as a first grade teacher. It was not uncommon for some children to need assistance in the bathroom. Female teachers routinely accompanied both boys and girls to the bathroom. He was told if any of his class needed help he had to summon a female colleague. I am sure this sent an unspoken message to the children that men are not to be trusted. I personally would have found the situation extremely unpleasant and probably would not have worked in such an environment where I was an automatic suspect. But he really liked teaching that age group and suffered throught the suspicion and precautions.
“I wouldn’t hire a male sitter, unless he was a trusted family member.”
Typical feminazi leftist response.
I see you’re a left wing feminazi wacko
Your choice
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I am still a fan of the Thunderdome treatment myself. Helps keep the numbers down.
Well I didn’t say this.
I did say that I would advise my granddaughter that is she was in a situation where she needed stranger assistance, a scenario not all that likely nowadays what with cell phones and everything but IF...I tell her to seek out a female instead of a male.
The odds of either a stranger female or male being a criminal or sex pervert are probably slim, much in keeping with the population of this country, but the odds are much greater that a male would hurt her than a female.
Why do normally intelligent conservative males go bonkers at common sense stuff like this. These same conservative males would be jumping up and down pointing out that most unwed mothers are of a certain race or any other truth that we’ve been politically corrected into keeping our mouth shut about.
But you don’t want us to point out the truth about hey...most rapes are committed by the males in this society. Are you gonna argue with this? Or are you gonna call me sick or all kind of names as others on this thread have done? Aren’t you politically correcting and shutting us up?
I really don’t get it.
I do believe that most of the really intelligent men reading this article understand it and I’d bet they’d advise their own daughters the same way.
I didn't think so, but it sort of implied it.
My intent was to indicate they want to do the right thing, i.e. stop at stop signs, pay taxes, etc. etc.
Of course they do. And the person with poor to zero impulse control may also "want to do the right thing," but fails.
I think what's needed here is to say "They do right thing."
We all (I hope) understand that nobody is 100% perfect all the time. My minister is definitely a man of God, but his driving record is not as clean as mine.
Not saying I approve of the situation but given the situation he was at least spared any greater suspicion or accusations.
Even the Gentle homosexual? You live in a shell.
Alas, you hope in vain. The damage *has been* already done...
the infowarrior
Evidently you don’t understand the notion of tongue in cheek.
It’s okay. We all can’t be as smart as me.
I don’t suppose the police would have thought to question why a small child was out that early? And where HIS parents were?
I feel for you.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Based on what the MSM would have you think by their fair and balanced reporting *roll eyes*, I can see how someone could end up with that impression.
No need to over react.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
You get no argument here. It definitely takes more effort, and sometimes maybe more than marginal! Sometimes it means short-term losses (or even sometimes long-term losses), or advantages not taken.
But going strictly by the odds, isn’t it much more likely that she will be hurt by a family member than by a stranger? In times of crisis should children be directed then to strangers rather than someone inside the home?
I do think it is a difficult situation and one wants to err on the side of caution with children. But I think it would be wise to teach children how to spot suspicious behavior rather than to be suspicious of everyone.
Good call.
And by your logic, since most gold-diggers, prostitutes, emotional abusers and spouse murderers have breasts, guess we should be looking at all of you the same way.
Just gotta play the odds, right? Only common sense.
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