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KSteffensentoday at 8:55 AM2 repliesview on HN

If they believe it's OK to cane the kids, why limit it to boys? Girls can also be extremely nasty to each other


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bkotoday at 9:38 AM

Because it may be effective for boys but not girls.

Men have to deal with some form of violence in their lives, or at least the threat of it. Most male encounters has an undercurrent of violence. Offend another male and you might get assaulted.

So when you expose men to violence it's a matter of the world. Like Tyson said, social media made y'all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it.

If you expose women to violence they will acclimate to it and begin to see it as the norm. That means they'll accept it, from their teachers and eventually their partners.

Its entirely rational to only apply this to boys only.

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p-e-wtoday at 8:59 AM

You’re asking why an authoritarian hellhole that routinely murders people who had drugs stuffed into their suitcases by criminals engages in gender discrimination?