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In reply to the discussion: Women in public, no matter how they're dressed, are not "inviting" ANYTHING. [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Galileoreloaded, leftnyc, Woolldog, Dawgs, some I'm probably missing, it's a long thread and there are a lot of people who are apparently giving blank looks when told to not treat others like objects.
Some of us achieved an understanding of how to behave towards others via a process my people call "some goddamn home training," but it seems this is not universal. And worse it seems this lack of basic social awareness has persisted to adulthood. So, you start with the basic outlines of how staring, much less catcalling or whatever, is rude no matter how you cut it. As you can see, people are still struggling with these concepts and are asking for definitions to simple nouns.
So long as these people can't figure out that cleavage is not an invitation to verbal masturbation, more erudite concepts such as the links between misogyny and homophobia, the impact of media and culture in forming "gender norms," and the concept of privilege would just be completely wasted effort.
You have to explain what science is, before you show them quantum theory. Or plate tectonics, for that matter.