I can right now feel creeping into our zeitgeist a rising acceptance of the idea that the #MeToo movement is primarily a destructive, radical fringe movement certain to fade away once its moment in the sun has passed. [Read more…]
Advise my daughter about living in a man’s world?
Dear John,
I have a teenage daughter who just started high school. She’s a great kid: funny, smart, sensitive to others. But I fear that she’s starting to pay heed to all the messages she’s constantly receiving that the most winning thing she can do in life is to be, basically, sexy and dumb. That’s the message I know she’s constantly receiving from (as always) the media, and certainly from social media, which teens use to exert so much peer pressure on young women. [Read more…]
My boyfriend doesn’t want me going to college
Dear John,
I’m a high school senior. Last month the college I most want to attend (for its awesome special education program) awarded me a full scholarship. I was so excited. My boyfriend, however, was not. He definitely doesn’t want me to move 300 miles away. [Read more…]
Why do men sexually abuse and harass women? And how can we stop it?
Dear John,
We know it isn’t all men, but can you help my husband and me understand the type of man who exposes himself to women in a work setting, grabs women aggressively, drugs or threatens women or girls who are looking to them as mentors, etc.? Where do you think this behavior comes from? And do you believe there is any chance of these situations being stopped? [Read more…]