Problem In Society Today
Back on my soap box today...
Recently, a friend of mine was out dancing with some of her friends at a night club. A young male placed his hands on my friend's butt while she was dancing. She turned and told him "No!" and continued to dance. The same male did the same thing to one of her friends. When she too told him "No!," he put his hands in front of her and attempted to touch her crotch. This woman grabbed his hand, twisted his arm and asked him to leave them all alone.
This story is bad enough at this point because this individual (I first called him a rude name, then deleted it because there is no room for name calling here either) obviously has not regard for other people's feelings and basic human decency. You DON'T just go around touching people like that, period. Why would anyone think that this is ok? I believe it is because he has grown up in a society that glorifies such crude behavior. Guys do things like this, it gets publicity, and other guys think they want to do that too. Their buddies egg them on and do nothing to discourage this behavior. Obviously, parental and scholastic teachings did nothing to make these individuals understand right from wrong. Society has an obligation to make it be known that this behavior is wrong and it cannot, and will not be tolerated!
That is why I am writing about this today. I am so angered that this kind of behavior happens in our world today. And it isn't unusual. We hear stories like this far too often. When is enough going to be enough? We have to take a stand and put a stop to this. If we continue to ignore it and shrug it off as just another incident, it will never stop!
But wait, this true story gets worse. When this individual was told to stop, not once, but twice, he taunted the second woman and did not move. Another man attempted to get between them. There was hope that someone was going to do the right thing here and instruct the first guy that his behavior was wrong. But no, the second man tells the women that this behavior was THEIR FAULT because of the way they were dancing!!!! Are you f-ing kidding me????!!!!!
I am embarrassed by this human behavior and outraged that women have to deal with this kind of bullshit. Men are going to watch and have their thoughts, that cannot be controlled. That in no way entitles them to act in a manner that is insulting to other human beings and with an idea of entitlement to do whatever they feel like doing. These two men should have been escorted out of the club at a minimum. Criminal charges could have been pressed against the first one, but it would become a long, drawn out "He said, she said" affair and no real punishment would likely come of it. So if that isn't going to put a stop to this kind of behavior, what will?
I believe, and feel free to tell me if you think I am wrong, but I believe that it is incumbent on those of us in today's society who believe this is wrong, to teach our kids the value of right and wrong, the value of personal feelings and that their should be consequences for actions that go beyond what is acceptable.
I'm sure I could go on and on about this, but I will spare you. I just ask that if you are as enraged as I am (and you may not be because it didn't happen to YOUR friend), to please take some time to think about what you can do to keep this from happening again... and again... and again.
*Stepping down from my soap box now*
Just sayin...
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