Monday, November 20, 2017

That First Noncastable Stone

    We all know that nobody is perfect and everybody is guilty of sin.  But Charley?  Ryan?
     What should be worthy of investigation is the contention that while women may have been considered the weaker sex and therefore susceptible to be preyed upon by men, women as a gender are just as likely to succumb to some temptation or other, and so also be guilty of sin. Women who hold power may  prey upon underlings in a sexual manner.
     Women are coming forth now in legion. Their stifled voices are now being heard. Heretofore, the women were ashamed to have been objectified and so kept quiet, 
      We have not yet heard much from the men. Could it be because abused men have even more shame about going public with their complaints.  Besides feeling violated and used, they have to consider  that filing a complaint about sexual abuse carries the inference of lack of masculinity.  The double standard flips again,
    While I am all too familiar with the conditions of abuse outlined in the ME TOO charges, I am certain I have never been the perpetrator of such. But since we're on the subject of abuse, let me clear my conscience via my Blog Confessor and admit this: 
          Way back in the early days of my career, before there were any policies forbidding corporal punishment, I recall slapping 2 students.  I slapped a seventh-grader by reflex when he came up to my desk and yelled into my ear. He was a nice kid and I still regret seeing the red mark on his cheek.  The other student I slapped was a little s*#t who  deserved it.

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