re: How do you feel about this new feminist ad?

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The "rape on campus" thing is undermining them too. They want to de-empower women. The double standard is incredible.

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Here's my issue with that (it's all tl:dr so you might want to stop here if you don't :lol).

Working with middle school boys, I think there's a very large issue regarding how you should treat a woman (and honestly people in general) particularly in that situation. And it's not entirely their fault. I know a lot of the kids I work with have either been raped themselves or have witnessed domestic violence in the home that really damages their moral compass when it comes to treating women with respect. And it's scary for me not as much for other women but for these young guys coming up that aren't getting education at school (because God forbid we teach a little sex ed) or at home (because their home life is a shitshow) about how to handle themselves in those situations. You'd be surprised at what some kids in general think is "ok" because that's what they've been raised up around. And it's an issue we're not addressing nearly early enough to try to prevent some of the issues you're seeing pop up in college.

That all said, it's a multipronged issue and a very small fraction is being addressed. There is also a large issue among young girls that I'm seeing where they don't know how to respect a man (or anyone else for that matter). And they've seen women around them falsely accuse men of rape or claim that they're pregnant by some guy in order to try to "keep him" that does nothing but cry wolf. And see that there's virtually no punishment for those false accusations.

Then you have young men who haven't really been taught to keep their dick in their pants when they're dealing with crazy "I want to frick you", then two hours later "No I don't", then an hour later "Well I changed my mind". They haven't been taught the red flags of when they just need to cut their loses and GTFO. There needs to be a real frank conversation about that at this point before they even get to college.

Basically there's conversations that need to be had with some of these kids that is not happening in their home because there's little to no accountability for how people are raising their kids.