[Captain.Remy]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

It was pretty obvious that the MP who suggested this wasn't seriously suggesting it, but was saying it to prove a point. The vast majority of sexual assaults and attacks are committed by men, a majority of violent crime in general is committed by men.

Most men are too concerned with being all like 'well, that's not me, #notallmen', and it's an attitude that allows such violence to prosper by washing their hands of involvement. Cultural norms, a lack of educating men in particular in empathy, an acceptance of lad culture. All elements are part of the problem here.

Yeah they're like "I don't do it so don't say all men".
But like there's a reason women are scared, there is a reason most sexual assault are committed by men as you pointed out. It's that there is a big enough concern for women to speak up about it to make ALL men involved in this.

I have a friend who is a teacher, and as mentionned earlier, there were such workshops/lessons in high school about it in France. Some of her students came back the next day saying "this is bullsh!t, what you said is not true, men are better than women" etc And she felt discouraged because what she was trying to teach them at school was destroyed at home.