If you're devoting resources towards teaching women and girls how to be safe from attacks but aren't devoting the same level of resources, or more, towards teaching men and boys how to not attack, then your position is that the primary, if not sole, problem is female ignorance, not male violence.
@ricardoharvin Do you think that attackers are ignorant of the morality of their actions and all that is needed is for someone to "show them the light?" Those who would commit such acts will not heed your proposed training. Further, a growing number of studies are showing that this mandatory training courses have a strong tenancy to leave those who attend them with less respect for the protected group.
@antares @ricardoharvin Some men, especially younger, college-age men, really do not understand the concept of consent. Some really dont’ understand that what they are doing is violence. Society teaches people a lot of shitty myths about what is expected, how to behave, how to be “nice,” etc… and the result is rape culture among other things.
it’s not a switch, where all of a sudden all the violence goes away.
it’s a process, likely a very long one, and it’s already underway.
but as OP states such a process requires significantly more resources than it currently receives.
@antares I'm not referring to educating some subset of men, but to teach all men that violence against women is wrong and unacceptable behavior, which includes standing by, doing and saying nothing, which gives tacit approval of such violence and perpetuates not just its existence but its acceptance.
You know this and don't want reflect on your own failings, as I do mine, so you can feel morally superior without doing a thing to improve the world.
You're either an abuser, coward, or both.