Actively probing people is a life skill. It's only like playing Russian roulette if you're bad at it. If a man is violent to a woman that's a terrible thing, but you talk about "solving the root problem of male violence." I think that problem can be mitigated, but not solved. The feminist strategy has been to put all the responsibility o…
Actively probing people is a life skill. It's only like playing Russian roulette if you're bad at it. If a man is violent to a woman that's a terrible thing, but you talk about "solving the root problem of male violence." I think that problem can be mitigated, but not solved. The feminist strategy has been to put all the responsibility on men, and that has worked to some extent, but I think it's having severe diminishing returns.
When people suggest, as I did, that women be active and probe, feminists generally reject it, as you did, and say it's unreasonable, or victim-blaming. But do you really think women shouldn't probe and be active? To me that's just part of being an adult, and feminism should encourage women to be active, to probe and investigate, as they explore the world.
Actively probing people is a life skill. It's only like playing Russian roulette if you're bad at it. If a man is violent to a woman that's a terrible thing, but you talk about "solving the root problem of male violence." I think that problem can be mitigated, but not solved. The feminist strategy has been to put all the responsibility on men, and that has worked to some extent, but I think it's having severe diminishing returns.
When people suggest, as I did, that women be active and probe, feminists generally reject it, as you did, and say it's unreasonable, or victim-blaming. But do you really think women shouldn't probe and be active? To me that's just part of being an adult, and feminism should encourage women to be active, to probe and investigate, as they explore the world.