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This is why I’ve been saying for years that there should be mandatory anti violence against women classes and lessons in class.
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Anonymous 10w

What if, and hear me out, we stop teaching violence in the first place. Prevention is the best protection type thing. By making a huge deal out of it youd just end up teaching people that violence against women is something they can do (similar to how anti drug PSAs usually just end up pushing people to do drugs)

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Anonymous 10w

Meanwhile men are more often victims of violence in general

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Anonymous 10w

You saying if we just teach that grape is bad guys will stop doing it?? Good luck with that

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 10w

No.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 10w

They are but from other men

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 10w

My idea is that schools can serve as a counter balance. And I’m not sure that we can solve the problem of violence against women by not talking about it. And also, lots of people don’t engage in violence themselves but don’t actively do something to stop it. My idea is that anti violence is something that is not just not being violence and actively working to dismantle a system of violence.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 10w

I don’t have much space to explain all of the details. But I envision this being holistic. Talking about the wrongness of violence. How to be a good bystander. Gender equality and equity. And so on and so forth.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 10w

I don’t think addressing the violence head on is gonna have as much impact as you think it will. No men see themselves as violent, and 99.99% of situations happen in private. Situational awareness and empathy is much likely to go wayyy further. That said, teaching someone how to be empathetic is a challenge all on its own. Also, when you raise men to be hyper aware of how they behave around women, men are less likely to approach them; and often feel less comfortable taking the lead.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 10w

Exactly. Still true though.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 10w

Yet nobody has ever asked for a “violence against men class” LOL

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