Take rape, for example: it's a truism that males can easily become predators (especially under the influence of drugs, booze and other males, whether they be full-fledged gangs or just buddies). Which is why in some societies, a chaperone always kept watch over nubile young women whenever a non-relative male was present.
But since the advent of feminism (which of course touts a spurious equivalence of men and women), such practices are deemed quaint at best, and insulting at worst. Nay, the West has "progressed" so far that girls are even encouraged to outdrink, outsmoke and outcuss their male classmates. Gone are the days when girls learned to be ladies, and men were expected to act like gentlemen (you might be surprised to learn that many states in the Union had laws on the books against even using cuss words in the presence of females). Now, it's a bacchanalian free for all.
Never mind that women always end up getting the short end of the stick, because whether the feminists like it or not, women are (a) not as strong as men and (b) when nubile, viewed primarily thru a sexual lens by men, ESPECIALLY if the women, say, hang out in a bar or any other venue where there's partying. And of course, women's vulnerability has increased exponentially since the advent of date rape drugs (altho even mere inebriation suffices).
Now, in the old days, for problems like this, someone came up with the chastity belt. Up until recently, in the "modern" world, that device was the butt of scorn, horror or mocking. But no longer. Enter capitalistic ingenuity: this upgraded version is presently in the developmental stage. It remains to be seen how effective they really are (not to mention the many problems they present, viz. too hot [no pun intended {snort}], too cumbersome in the event of...well, let's just say "plumbing emergencies," too expensive for all but the affluent, etc.).
It's this sort of thing that at times tempts me to believe the Orientals are onto something when they claim that history is cyclical...Or, as Ecclesiastes puts it, "There's nothing new under the sun."
Less comfortable prototypes:
