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WSJ - Are We Teaching Our Kids To Be Fearful of Men? by Jeff Zaslow

When children get lost in a mall, they’re supposed to find a “low-risk adult” to help them. Guidelines issued by police departments and child-safety groups often encourage them to look for “a pregnant woman,” “a mother pushing a stroller” or “a grandmother.”

The implied message: Men, even dads pushing strollers, are “high-risk.”

Are we teaching children that men are out to hurt them? The answer, on many fronts, is yes. Child advocate John Walsh advises parents to never hire a male babysitter. Airlines are placing unaccompanied minors with female passengers rather than male passengers. Soccer leagues are telling male coaches not to touch players.

Child-welfare groups say these are necessary precautions, given that most predators are male. But fathers’ rights activists and educators now argue that an inflated predator panic is damaging men’s relationships with kids. Some men are opting not to get involved with children at all, which partly explains why many youth groups can’t find male leaders, and why just 9% of elementary-school teachers are male, down from 18% in 1981.

They even have a picture of that ad (it’s from Virginia) that I was talking about. On top of things, aren’t I? Of course, I still had more examples in my post. But hey, we can’t all work for the Wall Street Journal. Curtsy: Instapundit, who adds, “If you stereotyped on race the same way, you’d be regarded as a hopeless bigot.” Which is funny, because they quote the airlines talking about “minimizing risk”. But not quite.