Culture and Values Strongly Influence Sexual Violence

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codes, girl’s’ skin is the white space we’ve all been trained to ignore in these discussions. And, while everyone is in theory affected by dress codes, female youth are disproportionately affected by them. Challenging schools to align unexamined, traditional dress codes to contemporary values is a tangible place to start if you’re interested in teaching kids to live in a diverse, tolerant society. Of course, many parents are not interested.” It is clear how this high level school is describe as non-caring about the freedom of choice regarding dress code concerns. Even parents bypass this issue, believing the old ideology where women subject to the male dominance.

On the other hand, different point of views say that the morality of each individual and the power they should impose over their attacker is where the fault lies. Claims like "if women want to be respected they must dress accordingly and avoid provoking male predators" or " children are subjects to their parents and they must therefore follow their guidance and adopt their moral values" are outdated and only display lack of personal empathy and social obligation. It’s certain that the morality of each individual and their physical attributes play a big role in avoiding sexual violence, yet, these aspects just reinforce responsibility in the stronger individual and the obligation he has on protecting the community, changing their beliefs and optimizing the law.

To conclude, we must analyse the importance of this social issue and how culture and the unfitting laws many countries have adopted, impact its growth and worry. It is key for societies today to adhere themselves to a new moral educational system and to adapt their cultural beliefs to the universal right of Men to receive equity and respect. It is clear that the revolution of human rights and their dignification are a proper concept of the twenty-first century. The worshipers, builders and authors of this modern era are the youth of the world. In their hands lies the change, in our hands lies the change.

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