'Reader urges respect, mentoring and positive role models to combat misogyny' - Your Letters plus a 1979 archive image of a Boxing Day gathering
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Respect comes from culture
A recent report highlighted a new school initiative 'schools will teach boys how to respect women and girls.
That is difficult when the internet remains a cesspit of unregulated content.
How many conversations have you had with men where it becomes abundantly clear why a young man or child did what they did or said what they said to disrespect a woman or girl?
So what are grandmas, aunts, big sisters or teachers for?
Without family values of respect with woman, what happens in our communities?
The result, it seems, is a rise in violence and disrespect against women.
