It’s incredibly important for female immigrants to understand their rights in their new country, what is considered permissible and what isn’t, and what to do if someone violates your rights. Doubly so if they’re educating their children.

That’s what kills me about those types of arguments. They’re so patronizing and belittling of men—it baffles me that more men aren’t furious about it. But I think it’s like the whole “Men are just too stupid to do housework/take care of their children” bit. Yes, it’s terribly sexist, but it’s also extremely beneficial…

I have two very young sons and live in a very liberal city and its really been eye opening just how casually people put these beliefs on very little kids. My 3 year old will hug and then push a little girl in the playground and the total crunchy granola hippy mom next to me will be all like “uh oh, someone has a…

“Men have weaknesses and when they see someone smiling it is difficult to control”

I think it sounds like a very good idea. I grew up as a military brat, and every time we were posted to a new country we were required to attend training in cultural awareness and sensitivity. It was basically “How not to act like an ugly American” and “Don’t be a dick.” Respecting the laws and values of the place you…

True! Are there classes to let the women know that they have the right to not be treated poorly there?

But remember, despite the fact they can be driven into a rapey, violent rage by a smile, direct eye contact, or a flash of female wrist or ankle, men are still the wisest, most capable, and most well-suited for leadership than women are.

As the mother of 2 boys, I’m becoming very aware of the weird way we teach them things. At my son’s playgroup a dad got super angry at his son when he got into a tussle with a little girl over a toy. He was yelling “you never hit a girl” at his kid. And I was just thinking “Dude, why not teach him not to hit ANYONE.”

It is not forced cultural assimilation to explain that in the new country there are laws, and those laws must be obeyed. Rape is against the law, even if it is of one’s spouse. This does not seem to me to be remotely controversial.

Nope. Not fucking weird at all! When universal human rights (womens rights) are involved, there’s no such thing as cultural relativism. “Not raping and killing women” isn’t comparable to, say, the hijab question (is it okay to ban it? Is it okay to enforce it?)

To me, the last paragraph exemplifies why this is a good idea. It seems like they’re going out of their way to avoid saying “your immigrant ways are wrong” and instead are saying “there are the rules here. even if these rules don’t apply where you are from, they apply in Norway.”

Agreed. Respecting cultures is one thing, but it should be refused to accept cultural practices that accept the victimization of anyone. That treatment of women is so ingrained in his mind, he feels men cannot control their urges!

I was thinking the same thing, all children everywhere should be taught about consent and respect.

Can someone offer a similar course for certain members of the GOP?

Is it weird that I feel like this is okay? Like, it should be taught as part of language classes and middle school classes and to everyone everywhere.

“Men have weaknesses and when they see someone smiling it is difficult to control,”

??? they fired the one who accessed the info and they had a breach of there information months ago and the dnc did nothing.

1) I’ll probably vote for Hillary Clinton for a number of reasons, even though I dig Bernie and what he’s doing for lefty politics.

On Thursday, the legislation passed, and now all models will be required to provide medical proof of their health, including their Body Mass Index

...their parents didn’t step in and say “hey back off lady?”