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Mean Mr. Mustard · 05-31-2014, 02:54 PM

[QUOTE=photon;4785178]Thanks, it's a really difficult topic to navigate, at least for me.

But more information helps and is sometimes suprising. More American women have been killed by the husbands and boyfriends than have been killed in terrorist attacks and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan combined since 9/11.
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Well that is pretty obvious, there haven't been any major terrorist attacks since 9/11 and the vast majority of the deaths of Americans in combat are from combat troops, of which consist primarily of males.

Don't get me wrong, I think that domestic violence is a major issue and frankly one that all men need to think about, because we do have a paternalistic problem in our society, in which there are a significant number of men (one is too many and we all know that it is more than one) who hold misogynistic attitudes. Personally I think that the best thing that we as a society can do is educate women, both here in Canada and internationally. We are making strides but we have a long way to go. The other thing is the awareness through social media is a huge positive.

05-31-2014, 02:54 PM	#497
Mean Mr. Mustard Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Exp:	[QUOTE=photon;4785178]Thanks, it's a really difficult topic to navigate, at least for me. But more information helps and is sometimes suprising. More American women have been killed by the husbands and boyfriends than have been killed in terrorist attacks and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan combined since 9/11. /QUOTE] Well that is pretty obvious, there haven't been any major terrorist attacks since 9/11 and the vast majority of the deaths of Americans in combat are from combat troops, of which consist primarily of males. Don't get me wrong, I think that domestic violence is a major issue and frankly one that all men need to think about, because we do have a paternalistic problem in our society, in which there are a significant number of men (one is too many and we all know that it is more than one) who hold misogynistic attitudes. Personally I think that the best thing that we as a society can do is educate women, both here in Canada and internationally. We are making strides but we have a long way to go. The other thing is the awareness through social media is a huge positive.