Should 8-Year-Olds Be Reading Stories That Glorify Rape?

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I mention cultures and mythologies; rape culture is world wide, and has been justified and accepted for too long.

Our greatest philosophers all had something demeaning to say about women, as do all major religions. For most of human history, women were little better than property, if not actual property. I'm not religious, but if I was, I'd be like the wonderer seeking one wise man. Show me one religion that doesn't objectify and demean women.

This is what we're up against, not just Jefferson, but Plato, Aristotle, Socrates. While the Hypatia's of history were murdered in the street or simply forgotten.

It's in our cultural blood so to speak and fighting it is exhausting. So we celebrate little victories as well as the larger ones. We keep the dialog open. We try not to make the mistakes of feminists of the past, learn from their example and move forward.