Thursday, August 23, 2007
Of Male Malefaction [Candace de Russy]
Jeffrey Zaslow shows how in many ways society is teaching kids “that men are out to hurt them,” because most sexual predators are male. Peter Stearns, a George Mason University professor who studies fear and anxiety, confirms that children are tending to regard every male stranger “as a potential evildoer.” Relatedly, he notes, “there's an overconfidence in female virtues.”Putting the matter in perspective, Benjamin Radford, who researches statistics on predators, concludes, “The number of men who will hurt a child is tiny compared to the population.”
08/23 02:25 PM
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