Elephant Lessons: Real Men Leading Boys to Manhood (wrt Rape problem) [View all]

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http://germaneconsulting.com/elephant-lessons-real-men-leading-boys-to-manhood/

This is in reference to the rape and murder of rhinos that was going on a few years ago. It was done by delinquent young male elephants. The solution? The re-introduction of older males into the tribe to serve as role-models.

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Elephant Violence
Violence and bizarre aggressive behaviors among young male elephants has increased dramatically over the course of a few decades.

A team of researchers, trauma experts and neuropsychologists among them, studied the causes and found a way to resolve the elephant violence. Their findings can help us understand why we need mature men leading boys to manhood and to guide for those coming into renewed manhood following the overthrow of repressive regimes. The lessons require connecting three dots.

1. The social development systems of male elephants.


2. The abuse of women in oppressive regimes.

Pictured below is Mona Eltahawy, journalist, in Egypt, following her arrest, physical and sexual abuse by Egyptian soldiers.

3. Boy Gangs – A poor substitute for real men leading boys to manhood


In Elephant Breakdown, Gay Bradshaw and her fellow researchers declared that elephant populations were suffering from chronic species-wide post traumatic stress syndrome resulting from decades of poaching and culling elephant herds. Other effects included disruptions to elephant culture and societal relations, among them the traditions by which young elephants had been raised in the wild, and by which established elephant herds were governed. Bradshaw and her fellow researchers believe this led to a collapse of elephant culture and was at the root the increased violence by, among and between elephants.

Disrupted Development
Normal development of the male elephant’s brain and culturally normative behavior relies on a second phase of socialization (beyond and after mother-nurturing) in which adult males play a critical role.

Repeat: In which adult males play a critical role.

(read much more at link above.)