Of course this goes on all around the world, but we have also had some really high profile cases here in Belize recently. A sweet 19 mo old baby ended up dying from her injuries. Because of the way the laws were written, he will only be charged with attempted murder. Another young child is still in the hospital. I see an unfortunate trend here where people want to protect these men or not start fights with the family of the man. It's changing, though, and that is happening by providing support for women and children who have been abused, calling out men who are known abusers whether charges are filed or not, teaching young girls self defense, and educating young boys on what is and isn't appropriate and why. Luckily sexuality is a much more open topic here than in the US where I lived before. It makes it a little easier to talk about it, though obviously a whole lot needs to change.
" what the hell is going on?" Things are spinning out of hand. Is there something we are not doing right as parent or as adult. A friend gave me a list of reasons rape has become rampant.
1* pornography
2* family issues
He said a lot which meant a lot of sense.
I think we are simply not teaching most boys a host of important things. Of course some individual families are good about teaching their boys, but lots of them never get these messages, and the larger culture - worldwide - is teaching all kinds of horrid messages.
Just a few things we need to shift in raising boys:
That's a start.
Hmm. Yap I concur totally but only parents will not be 100% effective in covering all your points. I think schools should also be involved in this educations. It should be drawn into their curriculum.
I absolutely agree. We all need to be teaching and modeling these things to children, even people who don't have kids. It's an entire cultural shift that is needed. For sure schools need to be a part of that.