'Operation Yewtree' - the McCarthyism of our times??

[ahinton]

Who's that, then?

Whether you take it to refer to a specific individual (in which case it would be up to you to decide on his/her identity) or as a more general comment is for you to decide if so you choose but, in the meantime, it might be as well for me to point out that I did write "people", not "a particular person", so there is no "overwhelming need" to assume that my observation was intended to refer to anyone in particular.

[jean]

Don't be disingenuous. It fools no-one.

[Anna]

The answer is to supply women with techniques (various systems of martial arts, for example) to mitigate a natural disadvantage, and of course to educate men not to misuse their strength.

But, the point is, women shouldn't have to learn techniques! If men, and women, were indeed equal then they would treat each other as equals, and with respect, and women wouldn't have to be afraid of men. It reminds me of the old, was it supposedly in the 50s?, dunno, of 'I've bought you dinner so I expect you to sleep with me'
But this is getting way offtopic from the original post and I don't want to come across as a dungeree wearing feminist with cropped hair, but, quite frankly, some men's attitudes to women (and I'm thinking of events in India or Africa where women or young girls are considred as fair game sexually and discarded in a ditch, or burnt) stinks. It actually tarnishes men around the world - tarred with the same brush so to speak. What to do about that, I have no idea.

[ahinton]

Don't be disingenuous. It fools no-one.

I'm not. I meant just what I said. Anyone who's smug and complacent, &c. &c. I merely concended to you that it's up to you how you read it - which indeed it is.

[teamsaint]

this thread seems to have gone wrong.