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Originally Posted by {aspiring_to_clarity}  No one is saying we shouldn't work together, but what would you suggest that a woman who is beaten, raped or killed can do to change the man's actions? |
It's right there:
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Originally Posted by "From the linked article To paraphrase Gandhi, make a conscious decision to be the change we need to see. |
If I end the violence within myself, that will be the change I see in the world.
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Originally Posted by yossarian If all women stood up tomorrow and said, "We will NOT sleep with men who are violent! We refuse!" then violence would stop tomorrow. |
Agreed. In effect the female is saying, I will not make love to my violence anymore. That would be the change they wish to see in the world.
My reaction to the article is I tightened up inside. I hate one-sided men-are-perps and women-are-victims and the MAN has to change. Both are manifesting the violence. No one wants to see that. Either one can stop it.
Getting to that point of catching yourself in reaction takes a lot of work. But they (other people) don't have to do it or learn it.
I do. And my world will change accordingly.