Culturally in the U.S. and in many other (but not all) countries, women are taught a greater sense of modesty and therefore inevitably would be more offended and humiliated by an intrusive strip search than men. That is our culture. Is it fair? I don't know, but it takes into consideration our cultural view of men's and women's modesty.
I wonder what Camille Paglia would think. Would she regard this agreement as an attempt to reinforce male oppression over women? The unstated premise of this agreement is that women are weaker than men and therefore are subject to greater injury due to this mistreatment. Maybe, maybe not. I'd love to hear her opinion on it, though. > Ray wrote: > So, consider the following quote from > > http://www.boston. com/news/local/maine/articles/2004/12/27> /settlement_reached_in_strip_search_lawsuit_against_york_county_jail/ > > The agreement stipulates that women members of the suit will get > double the payout as men because previous jury verdicts have > generally > given higher awards to women because of the perception that strip > searches are more intrusive and humiliating for them than for men. > The > plaintiff's attorneys are seeking 30 percent of the settlement fund, > or $990,000. > > I was wondering what folks thoughts are on the fairness of this. I > find this especially interesting in light of the earlier issue this > week with the professor who basically said women were not going as > far > in science because of genetics. > > This seems to be a bit two faced. It is wrong to say women do not > have > the same potential for science (and I certainly agree with that), but > it is ok to say that a strip search hurts women more than men and > therefore they need more money? > > Or am I crazy? ;) I'm defintely curious to see if anyone supports > this, and why. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=11 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143533 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
