I recently watched an interview, and old one, of a Hell’s Angel and a man who wrote a book about them. Interesting YouTube video. What took me aback was the reactions to sexism and violence. https://youtu.be/ccyu44rsaZo
It was amazing to see people CLAP to hearing that a man (Hell’s Angel) says a man has to whip 'his' woman's ass once in a while. Even women were laughing and clapping at some of the other expressions of brutality, too.
While I’m quite glad ‘times are changin’, it seems obvious the HA’s comments were just a reflection of the era, albeit the darker reflection, as evidenced by the crowd's reactions and the interviewer's enabling of such misery. Some men in the audience looked shocked at the idea of justifying beating a female.
Fast Forward: I bet many people STILL think beating men or women is OK if they feel like it. Not much has changed, if some of the men commenting on the YouTube Video are real and not just trying to get people inflamed.
The good news is that people are starting to step forward and say enough is enough.
Once we get past the victim-mentality BS Culture of Blame so prevalent today, we can flip-the-script and take OUR power back.
Interestingly, I've actually observed a couple of HA's in recovery settings and they had females with them that were not bearing scars and walking with their eyes to the floor like some women in some parts of our landscape of pain. Those HA’s don't beat their partners is my guess. Hell, they're even getting sober these days! It's still not the 'norm' to be living a clean, honest life in or out of the Gangs, whatever we call them.
Gangs: Cops, Hell's Angels, Vice Lords, Politicians, Lawmakers & Lawbreakers, Clergy, etc. The bottom line is, if we start seeing each other deeper than our behavior, the behavior will self-correct.
Remember, people can change. https://youtu.be/bQ4zG_PezjI