I am not a feminist. Neither am I a defender of a certain gender. But what I do believe in is equality. Equality between genders, races and ethnic groups has always been something I stroke for. Jackson Katz's article really made me think about today's society. Realistically speaking if someone commits a crime and 1000 members of a certain race are hurt, we put the role of racism in our society first. However, if women are hurt, we don't pay that much attention. I think that to improve that we should start classes on Domestic and Sexual Violence. For instance, if all the boys in our school had a few seminars on the consequences of violence and from a young age were told that being "tough" isn't good, I am sure that we could prevent many crimes. If once, Mr. Jacover brings in a speaker who will talk about violence to all the males in the High School instead of talking to girls about short-length. Our society seems to confuse its priorities. We are more worried about guys being aroused from girls displaying skin than about guys sexually harassing girls because they think it makes them cool. Again, I am not a feminist but I think that it is a lot more important if high schools will teach boys about how to behave than girls about how to dress. At the end of the day, modesty is important but not as important as prevention of violent acts.
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