Are You Safer at Home with Your Family, or on the Internet?
Well, I don’t know of any figures that compare the risks of the Internet (which gets a lot of play these days) or the risks of living at home and in a family, but just a few minutes ago, I was listening to the news on TV while I got dressed. Three stories in a row described recent murders of family by family. The little girl and her best friend who were stabbed to death by one of their fathers. The family in California (five of them) who aparantly were shot by the husband/father, who then shot himself. And then a third story, right in the spirit of the first two. I forgot the details of the third, I was so overwhelmed by the first two.
Does that kind of risk—that living in a family can kill you—mean we should not live in a family? That we should all live alone, barracaded in our bedrooms? Of course not. Similarly, we need not avoid the Internet because some risk is involved.
From Your Romance Coach, Kathryn Lord
Sad, Kathryn, that you would choose stories where the man is the perp. Perpetuates the incorrect stereotype. And often when ID’d as the “husband” it is really the boyfriend.
In fact, in-home violence and family violence is down, with the only uptick between white non-married couples.
How about a little equity, and perhaps cite Susan Smith, or Clara Harris, or some other pinnacle of femininity when citing family violence?
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The Geezer
Posted by The Geezer on 05/16 at 09:30 AM