"Love as a scapegoat for violence"

ウィズダム・パウェル教授「ウィル・スミスは最初ジョークに笑ったが妻が恥をかかされたと気づいてクリス・ロックを叩きに行ったのだろう」
　スミスの「愛ゆえの行動だった」という釈明についてジョエル・ウォン教授「暴力をふるう男性はしばしば愛ゆえだと主張します」https://t.co/sd6zfdsGNK

— 町山智浩 (@TomoMachi) April 1, 2022

"Family, especially your spouse, is seen as an extension of yourself, so therefore insulting your wife or insulting your children would be viewed equally as threatening as insulting yourself," Wong said.

For someone with this mindset, the only way to preserve your honor is to react in a way that is public and social, he added. The event needs to be available for viewing so people know his honor was restored.

Love as a scapegoat for violence

For domestic abuse survivors, Smith's rhetoric was all too familiar. When some men act out violently, they claim it's in the name of true love, according to a study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

They have to find a way to justify what they've done and make the decision look righteous, he explained

The "macho" mentality is deeply rooted in our society, so it will take time to unlearn, Wong said.

 

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松井石根陸軍大将（日中戦争について）「一家内の兄が忍びに忍び抜いても猶且つ乱暴を止めざる弟を打擲するに均しく・・・可愛さ余っての反省を促す手段」だった。（松浦正孝、北大法学57. 1、p5、2006） https://t.co/xNcin8AsFV

— tomojiro (@tomojiro) March 29, 2022

 Afghanistan: the west needs to stop seeing women as in need of ‘saving’

Published: October 28, 2021 

The west has long had a fascination with “saving” Afghan women – a theme we have seen in many media reports since August when Kabul fell to Taliban forces. It was a narrative which was also front and centre in 2001 when the administration of US president George W Bush launched the “war on terror” and the invasion of Afghanistan, with his wife Laura claiming that “the fight against terrorism is also a fight for the rights and dignity of women”.

In Britain, this justification was also used by Tony Blair’s government, which joined the international coalition claiming that the campaign was needed, among other things, to “give back a voice” to Afghan women deprived of human rights under the Taliban regime.

「愛ゆえの戦争」とか、「愛のムチ」とか、「愛」の名において暴力を「正当化」するというのが洋の東西を問わずあるわけですね。