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It is a violation of the First Amendment protection of freedom of expression.
You cannot require anyone to take an oath unless they volunteer to participate in something requiring an oath.
For example, enlisting in the military or testifying in court.
This would not fly here in the USA. Hell, we don't even require the Pledge of Allegiance anymore.
Hatred of women must be prominent in Australia.Another example of Australians being so much more socially advanced than America. Domestic abuse isn't a product of alcoholism or biology or genetics or whatever. It's a product of the hatred of women that is drilled into them from the minute they are old enough to understand what is happening around them. This must be countered with education and awareness.
If I were president I would hold any US high school without the pledge in breach of Title IX.
Sounds like the virginity pledge for girls.In Australia, boys are required to pledge:
Could such a pledge be required in USA? Would it be Constitutional?
Sounds like the virginity pledge for girls.
Do the boys get a ring like the girls?
That pledge would be as meaningful and effective as the school pledges to stop bullying or to be drug-free. It's not going to do diddly squat.
Plus, it's not only men that commit Domesitc Violence.
i agree with that
but it looks like they are playing the percentages here
Which percentages? Lesbians have the highest rates of domestic violence out of any other demographic.
Sounds like the virginity pledge for girls.
Do the boys get a ring like the girls?
i believe they get a pocket knife inscribed with the pledge
Suggesting that you will have premarital sex is not at all comparable to suggesting you will beat your wife.
No, suggesting that girls (and girls alone)plege not engage in premarital sex is just as valuable as when boys and boys alone pledge not to beat their eventual wives.
Either pledge is just as helpful. In many cases the virginity pledge backfired.
do they commit most of the documented acts of domestic violence?
if not, then my statement stands
They commit it at significantly higher rates. Also, males who are the victims of domestic violence is extremely under-reported so who knows what the actual numbers are or what systemic bias in enforcement exists. If lesbians have higher rates of DV then it's fairly logical to assume that woman can be just as abusive as men. The only real difference is that men are generally significantly stronger so the physical damage is more significant.
Like, I've found chihuahuas to be one of the most apt to bite dog breed I've run across but they can barely break the skin. I've never been bit by a pit bull but if that were to happen the damage would be very different.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/jun/07/feminism-domestic-violence-men
then it would appear my post was accurate. most domestic violence acts are committed by males. and it would then be appropriate to 'play the percentages' when addressing them about not committing domestic violence
If I were president I would hold any US high school without the pledge in breach of Title IX.
Sounds like the virginity pledge for girls.
Do the boys get a ring like the girls?
Forced pledges don't backfire, but just get ignored since they are seen as meaningless by the people taking them. Girls didn't just decide to have sex before marriage because of the pledge, but just never really gave a crap about the pledge in the first place and did what they wanted too.
Actually where the virginity pledge was concerned, there was some backfire.
In Australia, boys are required to pledge:
Could such a pledge be required in USA? Would it be Constitutional?
Australian men are well known to be some of the most misogynist men in the Western World
In Australia, Misogyny Lives On - The New York Times
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