Posted on 03/08/2011 9:56:17 AM PST by Sub-Driver
A simple solution is to change the “social sanction” around the world.
“Social sanctions” are the unwritten laws that almost every person, in every society, strongly enforces. Parents teach such laws to their children, and to a greater or lesser extent, most every person will help in some way to enforce these unwritten laws.
In America, for example, one social sanction might be if a person put on a t-shirt that said, “I have sex with young children”. They would have a hard time walking down a city sidewalk without being assailed by someone. This could run from looks of disdain, all the way to physical attack. Social sanctions can be very, very serious.
So this new unwritten law, this new social sanction, should be taught by women to other women, and to girls, everywhere around the world.
“Women and girls should *always* carry a bladed weapon with them, and if attacked by a man, they must cut him with it.”
Now, it does not matter if this is a 440 stainless fighting knife, or as little as a sharpened piece of scrap metal, or even broken glass, in very poor countries.
The social sanction is of women, demanding of other women and girls, that they must *always* have a bladed weapon on their person, and they *must* cut any boy or man that attacks them.
“Because this is what girls do.” That is the sole reason, with no other need for justification.
And then what happens? Undoubtedly some women will be beaten, or even killed, when attacked by men. But that happens right now.
But more importantly, men who *might* attack will have to think twice. And this makes all the difference in the world. “Does she have a knife? Will she cut me with it?”, are thoughts that persuade men to *not* attack in the first place.
There is a critical mass, of sorts, of women carrying bladed weapons. Many women and girls just won’t. But many will. And it is up to men to guess which ones are armed, and which ones are helpless. And they cannot tell. But the result is the same.
“I better not attack her, because she might have a knife, and she might cut me!”
And the world is changed.
“Because that is what girls do.”
“You don’t have your knife?? Here, I have an extra. You can have it. You don’t want to be out without one.”
Yes. In the middle east they subjugate women. Is that what she is talking about?
This is exactly what I thought it would be, decrying the loss of free services and restrictions on abortion, while ignoring the total subjugation of women under Islam.
To NOW, family planning clinics are places where familes are destroyed at the espense of the U.S. Taxpayers.
They have the hubris to assume they speak for all women. Any woman who doesn't march lockstep is derided. Stay at home Mom's are prisoners, etc. As I've said before, they are a miserable group of women clinging to each other and flotsam in the water as their ship goes down.
“March 8, 2011 - Today we celebrate International Women’s Day...”
Who knew? Fat Tuesday and IWD on the same day. As for me, I celebrate the women of Mardi Gras. Let the good times roll.
Any organization that promotes a day called “Love Your Body” Day that encourages celebrating by sitting around in sweats eating chocolates has no legitimacy in my book
Governor Palin called Griffin on it but NOW members are not known for their face to face courage. Making disgusting remarks from afar and then hiding behind their First Amendment Rights are more their style!
An armed society is a polite society.
She is about the unfunniest (is that a word?) person I've heard. I saw here on TV, and the extent of her humor was how she likes black men. Who cares?
It would be as if had a one-dimensional routine where I talked about nothing but taking out the garbage.
Speaking about taking out the garbage, NOW and Ms. Griffin are no match for Sarah Palin. Sarah is no wallflower.
An end to Islam would go far towards accomplising their goal.
An end to Islam would go far towards accomplishing their goal.
Social sanctions are the unwritten laws that almost every person, in every society, strongly enforces. “
I remember those...one of them was “you don’t hit girls”.
Unintended consequences: knives + PMS = danger!
“Someone needs to tell these whiners that males are much more likely to be victims of violence than females.”
Where’d you get that information? Everything I’ve read has it at around 75-85% (of non-lethal assaults) on women, not men.
I've seen them at the PETA building in Norfolk.
I once went to one of PETAs employee's homes to fix her refrigerator and
it was full of steaks, chicken and other meats. She said it was her husbands food,
yea right.
I call for an end to NOW and an end to NOWs war on babies.
Probably nobody but black men.
For that matter, all men would run for the bathroom to vomit at the thought of Kathy Griffin pursuing them for any reason.
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