U.K. politician suggests 6 p.m. curfew for men following suspected abduction, murder of Sarah Everard
Someone in the UK suggested a 6pm curfew for men in response to the recent murder of a woman.
A lot of people are up in arms about this. I'm not. We put a lot of the responsibility on preventing sexual assault and gendered violence on women. As a society we tell women to be careful all the time about what they're wearing, who they're with, where they are, etc. That is a big burden to put on someone just so they can exist safely in society. That isn't fair.
I don't think a 6pm curfew is a good idea. I do think that men need to take some responsibility in preventing sexual violence and I find the utter unwillingness of men to do that as extremely unsettling.
What do you guys think?
Someone in the UK suggested a 6pm curfew for men in response to the recent murder of a woman.
A lot of people are up in arms about this. I'm not. We put a lot of the responsibility on preventing sexual assault and gendered violence on women. As a society we tell women to be careful all the time about what they're wearing, who they're with, where they are, etc. That is a big burden to put on someone just so they can exist safely in society. That isn't fair.
I don't think a 6pm curfew is a good idea. I do think that men need to take some responsibility in preventing sexual violence and I find the utter unwillingness of men to do that as extremely unsettling.
What do you guys think?