On Protectors, Predators - and Prey

Today's feminists, when repeating the mantra "My body, my choice", would do well to also meditate upon this ultimate truth:

"When women draw attention to their bodies, they are asking to be defined by their bodies, and at some point, they will find themselves treated as if they were nothing more than a body."

Do they want themselves and other women to be seen as a "mysterious gift from heaven with hopes, joys, sorrows, talents, thoughts, feelings, likes, dislikes, and a precious personality all her own," or do they prefer the prey mentality?

Because in the conversation on how a woman is to protect herself from rape, the immediate reaction is to jump on that as apologising for rape, while as feminism's own role in enabling rape is ignored.


Giving men sex without expecting any sort of commitment is training them to become predators. Rape or not, too many men in NZ today just see women as prey for their sexual needs and nothing more.

Every man, after all, must at one or another time choose between the two most obvious roles open to him: predator or protector. It is no exaggeration to say that for many, that choice is the most consequential of their lives. And that is exactly why this question of modesty and immodesty concerns much more than a mere public handwringing about today's girls. At some point during the past decades, judging by the sartorial results we see today, a tipping point was reached. More men stopped seeing themselves as protectors – and started seeing themselves as potential predators instead.

Related links: On Protectors, Predators - and Prey ~ CERC
Casual Sex Harmful to Women ~ NZ Conservative