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By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 20:15:12 +0000

Jon#82, So what is your theory about why so many women are getting beaten up by the men in their lives as well as strangers?

Or are you saying it’s not really that big a deal?

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 19:56:14 +0000

I’ve seen it too many times and been too close to it to pretend. He’s a pathetic male suck-up who, for some reason, wants women to talk about what a wonderful person he is more than anything else.

If he were interested in solving/decreasing social problems he’d make logical, fair arguments. His opening paragraph is as childish and idiotic as they get. He’s citing an “avalanche” of scary situations a woman could find herself in as evidence.

Good grief. Violence against women is no worse than violence against men and the majority of victims of violent crime are men. The thing that annoys me the most I think is that there’s this strong implication that men in general are out abusing women because there is some sort of cultural problem.

It’s nonsense. It has nothing to do with dignity, equality or respect for women any more than it does for men.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 19:52:08 +0000

Jon, Aaron Lewis is not getting off kicking men around. He is calling ALL men and boys to take a more proactive stand to prevent male violence against women.

By: Sally

Sally — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 19:33:08 +0000

Jon — Women endorse such behaviour when they excuse it — oh, he’s just had a bad day. They endorse it when they spend their money on entertainment that demeans women. They endorse it when they fail to correct such behaviour in their sons.

They endorse when thier expectations of men have become so low that they laugh at sexist insulting jokes. And when they start using demeaning language about other women — ie: “ho”. And when they actively participate in the behavior.