I had a conversation with a boyfriend about if we had a daughter. He kept saying that he'd want his daughter to wear a chastity belt. How he knows some guy's daughter who's sleazy and doesn't want his daughter to be like that. That he wants his boy to respect women and his girl to respect herself. Well these thoughts on sexuality are very old school thoughts. And I find this type of thinking is over protective of the girl and treating like sex devalues a woman... which is concerning to think such a thing. He couldn't understand the problem with his thinking. When I said my main concern was to not raise our girl or boy with a double standard and that my goal is not to focus on sex but rather that I raise an independent thinker regardless of gender. I'm having a hard time articulating how his thinking negatively effects both genders and their relations together. Plus I'd like him to understand how these are generally old ways of thinking meant to control women but give men sexual freedom. He doesn't read very much though. I could probably get him to watch a movie to teach him these concepts. Does anyone know of a good movie that gets these points across well? An entertaining one would be best. He's not one to sit and listen to people just talk.
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Movies that teach about sexual double standards and slut shaming?
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cj3wilso · 24/12/2016 16:26
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