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Treat Every Woman As Dad's Precious Little Daughter
The shocking revelations of the who did what to whom is not the point; the point is it must end.

The last few weeks have been a torrid pace of revelations about misconduct to women and men by women and men of power in almost all fields of society. As a 64-year old man, this is not shocking but always cringe-worthy disappointing. The point is that aggression, power, lust, and superiority are realities in the present competitive environment our society has evolved into. This must change. With so many social media outlets aiming their powerful lens on this issue, the crime these actions are, is now front and center.
When you are a dad to a daughter there is nothing more precious and sacred than the bond between you and the duty you feel to protect this little delicate flower of a human being forever. Sometimes men forget that every woman is in fact some man's precious daughter and behave like monsters. The world community is still developing to behave in a more civilized way every day. This struggle is happening in Africa and Asia and, yes, in Europe and America, too. There are too many evil, powerful old school narcissistic men. The pure power of might makes right and male dominance through physical strength perhaps was the way of the prehistoric man but evolution is respecting the notion of the wrongs committed against the rights of all minorities. Violating a woman's dignity along with her legal and divine rights is where the bright white light of this moment in time is now properly focused. The end result must be is to stop and eradicate this behavior immediately.
What is happening now is not over-reaction but overdue action to help protect every dad's little precious daughter from wrong, evil social norms that were left not policed for way too long. In the end this shouldn't just be about punishing boorish abhorrent behavior, but protecting what is sacred moving forward. I will love my two daughters until they die and expect everyone to respect "all" their rights in their "pursuit of happiness."