Key elements of Rolling Stone's U-Va. gang rape allegations in doubt
[Washington Post] Two words: Tawana Brawley.
Back in the Lower Paleolithic men and women were accommodated in segregated facilities. The parental expectation was that daughters (and even sons) were going to school to get educated, not to get laid, not even to get drugged and/or drunk. "Sexual freedom" apparently includes crappy behavior on the part of a significant number of young fellows; the term "ungentlemanly" is quaintly old-fashioned, but nobody seems to see a connection. But if the women make "slut" a term of honor than its male equivalent is bound to appear. "Unladylike" is as quaint as "ungentlemanly."
I have seven granddaughters and a great-granddaughter. I can only hope that the pendulum swings back the other way before the little ones are expected to swim in the educational cesspool.
Posted by: Fred 2014-12-06 |