Hört auf, Kinder und Männer zu separieren!

Die liberale Feministin Wendy McElroy widmet ihren neuesten Kommentar der nicht nur bei British Airways, sondern auch anderen Fluggesellschaften praktizierten Maßnahme, Männer nicht neben Kindern sitzen zu lassen. (Genderama berichtete darüber.)

Wendy führt aus: „Over the course of decades, Western culture has so thoroughly identified maleness itself with violence and abuse that major airlines feel free to openly treat them as predators. (…) Why is the tendency dangerous and not merely insulting? Because men are becoming increasingly reluctant to help a child in need, to act as teachers and caregivers, or to offer protection. (…) The policy harms children in a more subtle manner; they may no longer trust men per se enough to ask for help when they need it. They may hesitate to approach a policeman or fireman who are, after all, still men. That is the message airlines are sending to children. And how is that message being heard by the boys who will grow into men? Seating men as though they were sexual predators is a vicious and discriminatory practice that has no basis in fact or logic. Indeed, if the illogic of the policy were consistently spun out, it would mean 'women and children only' flights and the restricted seating of men at theaters or concerts. Stop segregating children from men!”