If every assault is addressed a change in society’s view of acceptable relationship would be better. Note, “patriarchy is any society in which men hold all or most of the power” this power stops women and a few men from reporting any type of sexual misconduct (p. 141). The Patriarchal Theory is illustrated by journalist Charles M Blow in New York Times article “This is a Man problem” in the way in which he illustrates a view of sexism within the article, battles of traditional patriarchal ideologies. Blow focuses on the “Me too” movement, the movement's focus is to support young women who have suffered sexual assaults and they also focus to uncover issues that are not addressed in the communities of color. Furthermore, Blow address issues
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In essence, Blows emphasis how the focus on assault has been mainly publicized because offenders and victims were of a celebrity status. This is to say that people that rank lower of social, financial status are less important to society and that no focus is made on what happens to them. In addition, Blow writes, “speaking up and even pressing charges when the law, will send a powerful message and will defiantly have a chilling effect on this kind of behavior. Loss of livelihood and liberty after bad behavior is a strong deterrent”. In other words, when “speaking up” a person worries about receiving support when reporting a sexual assault, but the offender should worry about consequences, if the punishment was harsh then the offender may consider their action. Also, the fact that a victim is felt to be on trial along with the accuser makes is more challenging for a person to speak up. Because of many women feministic characteristic, some men with patriarchal ideology assume that is ok to transition from one friendly non-sexual relationship to one that may result in sexual assault. In other words, some men believe that women are just property and that they may take and use that anyway and time that they like. Hence society must view the types of punishment to be given to an offender of assault with determining, does the punishment fit the crime. This means that a re-examination must take place of what society has called the common male
In essence, Blows emphasis how the focus on assault has been mainly publicized because offenders and victims were of a celebrity status. This is to say that people that rank lower of social, financial status are less important to society and that no focus is made on what happens to them. In addition, Blow writes, “speaking up and even pressing charges when the law, will send a powerful message and will defiantly have a chilling effect on this kind of behavior. Loss of livelihood and liberty after bad behavior is a strong deterrent”. In other words, when “speaking up” a person worries about receiving support when reporting a sexual assault, but the offender should worry about consequences, if the punishment was harsh then the offender may consider their action. Also, the fact that a victim is felt to be on trial along with the accuser makes is more challenging for a person to speak up. Because of many women feministic characteristic, some men with patriarchal ideology assume that is ok to transition from one friendly non-sexual relationship to one that may result in sexual assault. In other words, some men believe that women are just property and that they may take and use that anyway and time that they like. Hence society must view the types of punishment to be given to an offender of assault with determining, does the punishment fit the crime. This means that a re-examination must take place of what society has called the common male