Virgin Australia's blog post on their "all men are paedophiles" policy (comments are allowed so let them know what you think)

OuiCrudites · 2012-08-11T21:32:11+00:00

Here's what I just wrote:

I am pleased you are reviewing your policies on this, but kindly do not give us the lame corporate speak that you don't mean to discriminate. This just insults our intelligence.

I don't know the statistics in Australia, but here in the US women commit the majority of child abuse in general and are rapidly growing as the perpetrators of child rape and molestation. A week does not go by that we are not treated to the story of a woman raping a child. Should US airlines forbid women from sitting next to unaccompanied minors?

Child abuse is a serious problem. However, victims are only helped and crime is only prevented when we operate on the basis of REALITY. And REALITY is that the vast, vast majority of men and women are not abusers. REALITY is also that it is everyone's responsibility to look for signs of abuse on a child, regardless of what adult they're sitting next to. Assuming that men are paedophiles and women are harmless is a MYTH that harms everyone.

Thank you for your kind attention.

JohnKimbleTROM · 2012-08-12T01:42:59+00:00

Can people please phone their call centre as well - answering calls costs money and takes up their resources so it hurts them financially. Also, their call center staff sound both ignorant of the issue and highly sexist and supportive of it too. Most numbers seem to be freephone as well:

Australia 13 67 89
New Zealand 0800 67 0000
United States of America 1855 253 8021
United Arab Emirates 8000 612 002
United Kingdom 0800 051 1281
Anywhere else in the world +61 7 3295 2296

Phone lines are open 24 hours.

phukka · 2012-08-12T09:53:50+00:00

Kim August 10, 2012 at 5:38 pm Essentially all VA are doing is the same as what the Red Cross does in regards to donating blood. Eliminate certain risk factors dramatically reducing the risk of something bad occuring.

Kinda like the police chief in Toronto telling women not to drink in excess at the club to reduce risk of rape.

Fucking stupid people.

SirSkeptic · 2012-08-12T02:22:01+00:00

Here's what I wrote:

It's clearly disciminatory and we will not be using ANY Virgin products until the policy has been changed and a VERY PUBLIC announcement has been made.

Title	Virgin Australia's blog post on their "all men are paedophiles" policy (comments are allowed so let them know what you think)
Author	JohnKimbleTROM
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Date	August 11, 2012 4:50 PM UTC (13 years ago)
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