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Let us measure up as men - '..people to begin seriously thinking about the neglect of women..'

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<blockquote>'I call on men and boys everywhere to take a stand against the mistreatment of girls and women. It is by standing up for the rights of girls and women that we truly measure up as men.'

- Desmond Tutu, Let us measure up as men, 22 November 2012</blockquote>

<blockquote>'But the renewed protests in Delhi after the woman's death hold out some hope. Has her death come as an inflexion point in India's history, which will force the government to enact tougher laws and people to begin seriously thinking about the neglect of women?

It's early days yet, but one hopes these are the first stirrings of change.'

- Soutik Biswas, ..women, 29 December 2012</blockquote>


Context

<blockquote>‘The dimension of feeling..’

Haptonomy the Science of Affectivity


'We shall not be converted to the promise of the future by more knowledge, but rather by an increase of loving wisdom and reverence, for life, for the earth and for one another.'

- Richard Chartres, '..an increase of loving wisdom and reverence..'</blockquote>