I would tell my daughters to avoid walking home through dark areas at night and I would show them how to hurt someone if they were grabbed. I probably would, as well. But I think the difference- and this is going to sound so silly- is actually a difference in phrasing: instead of telling them that they should do this and this and this to keep safe, I would tell them that they can do this and this and this to keep safe, that these are steps they can take. Not steps they should take, as a moral obligation: because it is nobody's moral obligation to precenth their own rape.
I admit it's a really narrow distinction, and one that may be unique to me. But I also think it's a distinction between one mindset and the other.
:-/ I have never felt that I wouldn't be safe walking home... and yet...
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Date: 2005-11-30 03:41 am (UTC)I admit it's a really narrow distinction, and one that may be unique to me. But I also think it's a distinction between one mindset and the other.
:-/ I have never felt that I wouldn't be safe walking home... and yet...