Women have always been at a more vulnerable position than men, I think first, if we look back into history, because of the fact that men were bigger, stronger, and probably forced women to do things by force.
Now that we don't live in that type of society misogyny is purely socially constructed. Now that men are in a position where being bigger and stronger is meaningless, men have found other ways to try to "keep women down." I am not sure why men are so intimidated by women that are superior to them in any way but this insecurity is hurtful and is the cause to bodily harm, verbal attacks and any other misogynistic acts you can think of.
By comparison, how we think it is crazy that the first nation to allow women to vote was the isle of man in 1881 and New Zealand in 1893, nations like Saudi Arabia still have no womens suffrage. Even the USSR had womens suffrage, and many countries that got swallowed by the soviet giant gained the right to vote.
How do we break through to men? I am not sure but seeing that documentary certainly opened my eyes even more to the damage that is continuously being done to women. For some strange reason, I feel like top CEO's of fortune 500 companies wouldn't sit the hour to watch that film. Male insecurities are so rampant, especially in big business America, it is pretty hard to get those men to do anything that could be considered morally correct. Taking bailout money and giving your CEO's raises while others are getting fired just shows what type of men these are, but it is not just the top dogs. Misogyny transcends race and class. It happens it all facets of life. I think maybe one of the saving graces could be upbringing. How young men are raised will be a huge factor in fixing this problem.
Another solution would be to see talentless jackasses for who they really are -^
Anything to make a buck says the publisher. Or America in general.
Another reason this problem is perpetuated, might be the lack of responsibility of women. Again, I am not saying this is the victims fault, but this is a collective problem where everyone plays their part. The women acting in those WWE events need to know how this is going to resonate and possibly hurt women everywhere. From personal experience I have seen the lets just say less moral girls of my schools continously putting themselves in unsavory positions, laughing about it, and continuing it to let it happen. What seems like no self respect sometimes makes men, he ones along the same morality level, think it is ok to treat women like that.
It is everyones problem and we all need to fix it.
Alex, what insightful comments. I agree completely. I really think this is a societal problem that is staring us in the face, yet we turn a blind eye to it. Why? I don't have the answer to that one.
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