Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Week 9 "Gender Inequality"

With all the social issues existing today such as this week's subject, I don't think any will disappear.  When I consider the reflections written in the text regarding sexual violence; it's a sad reality that men are socialized to think that they are due sex from a women for any reason whether it's because he feels close to the women or if they've recently met and he believes that enough time has past to take the relationship further or the fact that the women may have engaged in some form physical contact with him but at some point changed her mind and has decided not to go forward with sexual intercourse.  It's baffling to think that in either case when the women is not consenting, yet the man in his power and authority super rules her decision to withdraw and takes what he wants.  How does society mold such ill will thinking? The mere fact that individuals are socialized in such a way that's conducive to all the social schisms existing today is a clear sign that they probably will never go away.  This and other are social issues that will be have to battle for all time.  I wonder how in a world of God given rights can a person be so greatly violated and to add insult to injury the law exerts its power determining whether its a violation, never mind the psychological consequences guaranteed to surface with such an incident; having the potential of molding more socialized ill thinking men. This is not to bash men, because I'm sure all men do not fall under this particular category, but will change come when this becomes less common or even happening at all? I don't think it ever will.   It's the world in which we live.

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