Dear Wm Trevor,

Re - your statement regarding the
Little Red Riding Hood story:

"... the only
perpetrated violence in the story was by males."

Perhaps the tale's implication is
that females are inadequate to males?

Poirot

'Do ya think violence and "that sort of thing" might be connected to socio-economic circumstances - social dislocation and various other related phenomena...or do ya think some people (usually not "white" males) are just inherently "like that"? '

Partly so however one would be dreaming to ignore the violence that was very prevelant in the communities well before white man arrived on the scene.

The causes might be debatable but it seems the more we make excuses for murder, wife bashing, child molestation the more people accept that its acceptable. Simple fact is that the levels of violence, child abuse etc would not be accepted the the wider community. If the number of murders that have happenend in Wa this year was done in the white communities we would have already had 4 royal commissions. Nothing will change as long as we think that more education and money will are going to change ingrain cultural norms.

"Perhaps the tale's implication is that females are inadequate to males?"

Silly moi, Lexi... I wrongly assumed that, based on a fairy-tale, the political correctness described was a fantasy.

WmTrevor, any police/lawyers and intelligent citizens would be able to tell you that male against female, and male against male violence in our society by far overtakes any other violence.

That is not an anti-male or feminist fact, that is a reality ....

Suseonline... I know. Hence my - apparently inadequate - use of irony.

Still, it's Christmas, so "PC on earth, goodwill toward all men, and non-men."

Dear Wm Trevor,

The classic fairytales (from Pernault to Grimms)
showcase "passive, helpless, females," amd
little girls wish to become "glamorous victims."

Sometimes fantasy reflects reality. Aren't men who
chase women described as "wolves?"