Ms. Jackson,
As the post from the reader Mike correctly identifies, “…you make yourself appear to be an unrepentant anti-male bigot, who needs to have any criticism of female behavior followed by a disclaimer like, “men are no better.”
Females have the added ‘ability’ to become pregnant, with all the responsibilities that comes with it. Thus when deciding on a course of action re: ‘hooking-up’, then YES as shocking as it may seem, because females have more on the line then they should in fact use more caution and better judgment as it relates to the increased risk.
Think of it this way: If two people play the roulette wheel – neither of whom seem to know the odds of the game – and both play the same number, but one only plays a hundred dollars, while the other one a thousand, which one should be cautioned more? Which one stands to be risking more? The same is true with the hook-up mentality: two people play the game in a drunken, wasted state not fully thinking about the consequences but one has far more to consider come tomorrow than the other.
Since this is the case, why does it shock you that those who are truly concerned about the well being of those who are risking more in this behavior are addressing those more at risk? While it does take two to tango, only one will be carrying for 9 months, or (sigh) aborting.
Add onto this the idea of the ‘rape industry’ as identified by Ms. Mac Donald. Females have a convenient way to remove the label of being a slut simply by accusing her partner and there are plenty of people at the universities ready to accept such testimony as fact far before trial. I need only point to Duke and Nifong as evidence. It would also appear that there is an effort by some in the rape industry to make sure there is a steady supply of victims in order to keep the idea that men are horrible alive and well in the mind of those being ‘educated’. Ms. Jackson must feel this way since if the author does not constant state so, Ms. Jackson seems to struggle to cope with the fact that men are not being vilified every sentence.
