Mommy vs. media in sexualization of girls: Where are the dads?

[MadrasT]

40. I disagree.

I disagree that "all men" are predatory, and I disagree that what girls need most from their father is to be "protected" from predatory men.

Girls need to learn how to be whole human beings with healthy self respect and confidence, who can stand on their own two feet. What they don't need to learn is how to cower down behind a man for protection from the rest of the awful predatory men.

My dad protected me when he needed to (once in a blue moon) and was I ever glad those few times he felt called to do so. But the most important thing I got from my dad is the knowledge that I am a strong independent PERSON, and not a fragile female that requires male protection to survive.