ANC social transformation committee chairperson Lindiwe Sisulu – who proposed that rapists be chemically castrated – seemingly agrees with consultants on gender-based violence (GBV) that schooling, and not castration is one of the simplest ways to alter the angle of males.
However, Sisulu could have missed the mark but once more when she proposed introducing a “special school curriculum which would teach boys how to respect women”.
Speaking on the sixth nationwide coverage convention in Nasrec, Sisulu stated the ANC was involved about GBV and proposed boys ought to be taught in faculty to not rape or sexually assault girls.
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However, activist and researcher Lisa Vetten stated SA already had a topic which basically is the research of the self in relation to others and to society, “within life orientation, it has tried to look at gender relations”.
She stated: “I’m undecided what she’s excited about. We should be very cautious of the way you do schooling work with boys and males as a result of by some means you must strike a effective steadiness round how will we renegotiate the best way gender relations in South Africa.
“We need to make more equitable, which clearly shows how systems of masculine domination have privileged boys and men, but also be careful not to make a lapse into saying they are the problem.”
Vetten stated whereas it was vital to handle damaging stereotypes of conventional masculinity contributing to GBV, individuals ought to be cautious to not make a repeat of “scared straight programmes” the place boys had been taken to jail to scare them out of committing crime.
“These programmes truly make boys worse, as a result of the message to them is; you’re a unhealthy particular person and you’ll find yourself this manner.
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“It doesn’t in any approach recommend to them – you may have the capability to be resolution maker to make selections that are in your finest curiosity in these of different individuals.
“You’ve got be very careful you don’t create programmes which softly assume that boys – because they are boys – are a problem because they become self-fulfilling prophecies.”
However, Sisulu stated SA was the one nation the place violence towards girls was rising, and the ANC would love put an finish to it.
“In other parts of the world, women are respected because they reproduce the species.” Sisulu stated the ANC proposed no bail or parole for GBV perpetrators.
“They shouldn’t be integrated back into society. There are a number of ways the women in the meeting had expressed how we should deal with this matter, and they’re suggesting that for anybody who’s found to be guilty of GBV no parole should be considered whatsoever,” she stated.
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“So, we might enable the traditional judicial processes to undergo, then once we uncover that in reality there was a rape and the decision is a responsible verdict.
“Only then we would propose that there should be chemical castration of that particular person, so that this does not happen again.”
However, Women and Men Against Child Abuse spokesperson Ngaa Murombedzi beforehand informed The Citizen this is able to not assist in dealing with GBV.
