tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post2618409423929444996..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Quickies: Asymmetrical AbuseFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-75012431231665716492015-05-22T11:09:40.691-04:002015-05-22T11:09:40.691-04:00I don't know, Fran. Everything you say is tru...I don't know, Fran. Everything you say is true about a certain subset of women. But isn't this particular article (use of the word, "accidental," excepted) really a beacon of hope?<br /><br />Here is a woman raised in the culture you describe who has had the light go on for herself. She doesn't appear to have made the connection between her actions and <i>culture</i> very strongly - she made it between her actions and <i>women</i>. But she did have a realization. And maybe that realization, published, will help other women make a similar realization.<br /><br />My wife and daughters are all pretty anti-feminist, but sometimes some of them have similar reactions to me or my son. I think that type of a reaction may be inherent in many women. <br /><br />We, as men, need to use it as a teaching moment with our reactions to their actions. We do have a choice in how we react (like the husband in the story, or like <i>men</i>). We don't need to be brutes, but we also don't need to tolerate that kind of behavior. We can be firm but gentlemanly.Weetabixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106614092497408546noreply@blogger.com