violence against women

Do the statistics mentioned above reflect your attitude toward women? if so, then how do we learn to eliminate the bad happenings? A good start would be to acknowledge that none of us are above developing prejudices. The book Understanding prejudice and discrimination says: "perhaps the most important conclusions to emerge from prejudice research are these: (1) no one capable of human thought and speech is immune from harboring prejudice. (2) it often takes slow and deliberate efforts with awareness to reduce prejudice. (3) with enough motivation, it can be done."

Education has been described as the most powerful tool in the fight against prejudice. The right education can, explode away the root causes of prejudice, examinig our own attitudes more objectively can be enabled and help us deal wisely with prejudice when we are victims. Prejudice causes people to distort, misinterpret, ore even ignore facts that lead to conflict with their predetermind opinions. Prejudice may be sown by those who deliberately promote warped veiws of other cultures or races, or it might as well have its beginnings in seemingly innocent but misguided, family values, prejudice can also be fostered by false religious teachings and nationalism. And it can be a product of inordinate pride.