Now and then letter writers, like Betty Reed (“Abuse study: Males should be taught respect,” Aug. 13) and Carole Stevens (“Abuse patterns: Changing male attitudes,” Aug. 27), helps succeed in getting letters of like-minded drivel on the editorial page.
If there is a feminine version of a misogynist, these two epitomize it.
If respect is ever learned, it will always begin at home. Young males and females ideally live at home. Homes are usually headed by adults, not necessarily responsible ones. Respect for the opposite sex is a two-way street and anyone who thinks that females have a monopoly on respect for the opposite sex is seriously delusional.
Statistically, most children spend more time with the female parent so it would seem natural for that parent to do the majority teaching of respect via responsible nurturing. Most fathers aren’t in the business of counter-acting mothers’ good deeds, and have exactly the same obligation to teach responsibility and respect to their children.
Expecting public schools to do your parenting job is positively ludicrous. While the schools are trying to become competent at baby-sitting for irresponsible parents, let’s further saddle them with doing your job of teaching respect.
The assertion that 80 percent of teenage pregnancies are caused by 20- and 30-year-old males is probably totally wrong. My guess is that similar-age liaisons are the cause.
Ms. Stevens’ comment that “Women may think and/or act based on emotion, but at least that’s above the waist” is utter silliness. No woman ever gets pregnant by actions from the waist up. With the exception of the Virgin Mary, their actions from the waist down are where the trouble begins.
The person in possession of the “baby factory” bears the ultimate responsibility for the possible havoc that mismanagement can wreak!
Everett
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