To suggest a male curfew one night a week

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when women can walk free in the streets without fear?

Yes, violence still happens in homes and behind closed doors but what a powerful message it would send.

I'd say every night but let's start with one.

Don't be flipping ridiculous.

Go about your life - safely and by taking any precautions you feel necessary - but to live in this society would be a massive backwards step.

Ridiculous. Why do you for a minute not think the only men following it would be the good ones. The perverts who cause the problems would absolutely love it. No decent men around to help if needed. Why demonise the majority of men who would never threaten or attack a woman and in fact would help if needed

It’s a crap idea, we don’t all feel like defenceless and vulnerable women in fear for our lives when we go out at night. I feel perfectly safe. Most of my mates are male, I wouldn’t have a social life if they had to stay at home.

Just seen from another thread that you are male @StoneHenge85. You should be ashamed of your disgusting misogynistic views.

No. Restricting a group of people’s freedoms, based purely on a ‘characteristic’ is a dangerous, slippery slope.
A male curfew is discriminatory and wont keep women safe ( domestic violence is a much bigger problem than stranger violence). The men who do pose a danger are the ones who would ignore a curfew, and it would be those who are not a threat adhering to it. Effectively punishing the innocent. I can’t get on board with this idea at all.

Pity it's only a thought experiment, and not realistic. Because it would feel amazing.

Luckily
This isn't happening as a matter of course anyway!

Most rape is by people known to the victim. They don't grab random women and drag them off to rape them.

It's just scaremongering

Hum........

An idea that goes back to the 70's when women who were told to stay off the streets at night quite rightly pointed out that they were not the problem it was men.

So lets go beyond the important symbolism.

While as one commentator has pointed out most/much violence against women - and men for that matter happens in the home BUT that isnt as easy to Police in the way that 'public order' is.

And of course if we want to help break our dependency on the car.

So why isnt being a twat in public a policing priority? Why dont we sweep up the drunk, agressive and abusive into a drunk tank in Yeovil and leave them to find their way home when they are sober on Sunday morning? Take away the boy racers cars and driving licences etc etc

It could be done with benefits to men and women alike

There would be much fewer of those taxis,as at least where I am most taxi drivers are men.

ALL women aren't under a self imposed curfew
ALL women don't change their behaviours because scaremongering Internet people tell them to

OP is proposing ALL men are LAWFULLY punished for the minority

There's a difference

twilightermummy

I'd suggest the Freedom programme to be rolled out in schools for teenage girls from the age of 14 and re-enforced ever year. The boys could also have a similar project to teach them healthy relationships and behaviours towards women.

Would the boys programme include how they should be treated in a relationship? Because very few teenage relationships are healthy from either side.

And there’s me thinking that every male works 9-5 and none of them ever do night shifts…

How about if you changed ‘men’ to a particular ethnicity based on percentage convicted of violent crime? How would that thread go?

We have a really fundamental and, I believe, valid concept that everyone is considered innocent until proven guilty, as individuals.

Punishments due to belonging to a certain class or group are quite common in some parts of the world. I believe Hitler tried one based on his mistaken beliefs about people like me (I think curfews were involved in the beginning).

Even as a thought experiment, this is pretty vile.

Who is going to police this ridiculous idea?
seeing as the police won’t be able to.
what age do you think it should start at?

Yes, I was thinking the same and it would trap women with a resentful man.

Anyway, why be scared of men, I think that is the wrong way to think about this. Personally, I don’t restrict myself through fear of men, I do what I want!

Id personally be happy to see curfews for gangs and young people hanging around at night. Say 10pm.

Theres no reason for young people to be out that late.

Good idea but would never be practical. Ie shift workers carers etc. Think women only spaces/accommodation is a good idea.

You hate all men don’t you ? Do you have any positive relationship with male family members? Or male friend?..Just curious..

My DD used to walk at night without fear too. Until she was attacked only a few metres from home.
It's not fear mongering. Women are at risk from violent men indoors and out! Calling our sensible precautions and vigilance fear mongering is not helpful.

I guess that would be up to all the decent concerned and responsible men to organise for them, wouldn't it? Because women have their hands full enough as it is trying to use their experience to help younger women and girls. It's actually about time men stepped up to offer guidance to boys. Then maybe Andrew Tate wouldn't have found such a void to fill.

Where would you go out TO if all men had to stay at home? :-)

I'm also pretty sure that rapists, and certainly child rapists, are considered the lowest of the low in prisons

Brothers/fathers/uncles "paying a visit" to lads who've wronged their female relatives

Men who jump in, often risking their own lives, to protect others from male violence

It is a problem that men address.

Ah! The sins of the few shall be vested in the many.

The men who are no danger would obey it. The men who are a danger would ignore it entirely.

Pointless.

I already walk without fear.

And I don't believe we should remove the civil rights of most law abiding snd decent men and boys.

Stupid click bait thread.

To their new job mending the roads which they had to be drafted into to make up for the shortfall of labour one night a week.