Sexual Harassment of Girls and Young Women

Totally agree that the answer is to educate men and boys. Why is the onus always put on women - we are told don't drink too much, don't wear certain clothes, don't walk alone at night to protect against being attacked - another way of blaming the victim. Perhaps we should never leave the house unless accompanied by a male relative!

You're damn right keeping quiet - great user name and it certainly reflects how we were meant to respond in the past, doesn't it? The more I hear about this 'modern' behaviour the angrier I feel.
It seems that everything that women have fought for in the past results in a negative step back. When people were arguing for pornography to be made more freely available did they think about the consequences for ordinary people? It really does make me wonder about the human race.

We have to shift the focus from protecting girls to educating men.
I'm sick of women having to take the blame and accept that the behaviour of men can somehow be controlled by women.
We let men off the hook all the time and it needs to stop.

I recently saw a talk by Laura Bates, author of Men Who Hate Women.
www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Men-Who-Hate-Women/Laura-Bates/9781471194337

Part of her work is with school pupils and she has noticed that boys now tend to have much more aggressive attitudes towards girls, which she believes is caused by porn use from a young age.

I found this OP when checking news and politics to see if anyone had linked an article in today’s DM on line. My ability to link is an embarrassment.
The female author sets out to reassure us that whilst male use of pornography has increased hugely during the pandemic, women needn’t worry. All men, according to the author, use porn to masturbate to.
This normalisation, suggestion that use of porn is only a cause for concern if it means he isn’t having sex with you, or is watching porn involving children, for example left me feeling angry.
My belief is porn damages the people involved in its production. It normalises abusive sex. I find it difficult to believe it’s availability isn’t damaging our young people in particular.

Oops just posted this link on ‘the fear women with thread’ same time as you, sorry EV

All I have to say is that normal people don't act like this----meaning that there are an awful lot of deranged human beings around. It's a huge problem that badly needs addressing.