Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Well...that's fair..right?

As I was working today, I was listening to a talk show on the radio and the topic of discussion fell upon a story that happened to a couple of school girls. These girls, who were in middle school and went to a Catholic school, and who had to wear uniforms everyday, were on the subway to school one day. They were all wearing their uniforms which were comprised of skirts. It so happened that there was a man on the subway that day that enjoyed the view from his side of the subway while he looked up a couple of the girls' skirts. So when those girls got to school that day and told their teachers, they called the police. Of course, there was no way to actually track down the man on the subway, but the police officers did have some "useful" advice for the girls. "Don't wear your skirts on the subway." I feel that this is a completely sexist resolution. How is it that the end result gets the blame placed on the girls? They are required to wear uniforms to school and a man that looks up their skirts and enjoys it, gets away no questions asked. The girls probably feel degraded and violated, but it was their fault for wearing the skirts in the first place. That's kind of messed up if you ask me.

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