Of course they are not mutually exclusive, Candi. But maybe I'm just fortunate. My father, husband, and son were/are all respectful men who treated/treat everyone well and never (dared
) got in any woman's way, ever. All of them gentlemen, so I have always had the best of all worlds.Yes, I was lucky, too, because my father and my late husband were very respectful of women. In my husband's case, it was the way his own mother had raised him.Of course they are not mutually exclusive, Candi. But maybe I'm just fortunate. My father, husband, and son were/are all respectful men who treated/treat everyone well and never (dared
Yes, freedom can exist alongside courtesy. Civility always, we hope, but respect must be earned.
A friend told me this story. He said there was a car broken down with a woman in it under the overpass late last night. He pulled over to help, got out of his truck. She brought up a thirty-eight, pointed it at him, and said, 'Take one more step and I'll blow your head off.'
The significance supposedly was that bras and women's place in the world were both confining so both had to go. I guess.
I've never found it exhausting as I learned this so early in life that being on high alert is my way of being, and this calms me & gives me confidence. I'm less confident now that I'm older, but that's due to being more frail. NYC gave me the confidence to travel freely to other states, countries. There's not much that could surprise me, I'm always aware of my surroundings and glad for what NYC taught me.
Even in small towns in Germany an increasing number of women gets attacked and raped by ... You may guess the answer. To be defensive and suspicious is a good thing, but of course it would be better, if this wouldn't be necessary. Meanwhile many women even avoid going out at night at all.
Ouch!
Do you remember which town it was?
Same is true here in the U.S.
I made a lot of mistakes back then as well, but not that one.The 60's were cool.
I have a lot of regrets because I really messed up and missed out by being a conservative. I voted for Nixon in 1968.
I'd love to go back to 1967 and give it another try and do it right this time.
But in retrospect there isn't really much I would change if I could, it was a period of learning and growth for me.
That's because they consider western women to be sluts, I think. Are we sexually liberated? Or are we sluts? Or are the terms synonymous? Or what??
It does seem that migrants have a distinctly different view of women than American men do. I think it has to do with their culture and their upbringing. I'm not talking about all migrants, just a certain percentage of them.
Yes, they do Western women considerate as sluts. But all of us know that our women are not. Such people are completely incompatible with our Western lifestyle. They should leave our countries as soon as possible, if necessary by force.
The same with most of the people in Western countries. We make a difference between these people who got integrated well and between criminals. Even former immigrants from Turkey or the Middle East don't like the latter.
That should be so for any and all violent crimes. They should leave. If there are difficulties, they should be held pending.
Unfortunately now this seems to happen in all Western countries. In Germany it's the same.
