Who else thinks teenage girlfriend dating culture can increase respect for women's feelings?
[BTW Post has been edited with more sections and elaborations]
Yes, that's exactly what you read.
(Note: I'm gay and have negligible attraction to women. Some of my assumptions might be wrong. Kindly point them out in the comments)
When a boy proposes to a girl, she can say NO.
Teenagers learn navigation and maturity through breakups and bad times. Mainly the boys.
And importantly, MUTUAL respect out of knowing feelings, not just because of an ideology. Feminism becomes the norm rather than an appendix ideology.
Elaboration:
We all know the indian situation regarding love marriages. While there are more noisy factors like caste and all, the primary reason is the fact that the girl's father can't "give [his] daughter away".
And that men (AND surrounding non-feminist women) play a big deal off breakups ... ON WOMEN.
(In a straight/bi setting) Even if the girl is the one who proposes to the boy, it will be a good lesson and/or exercise in real-life regarding relationship handling. Not explicit pro-women but the subtle patriarchal gender differences have a good chance to level out.
And the boy who can't respect a girl without sexualizing her? The girl CAN and WILL leave him.
Of course, all this won't happen overnight. But normalizing teenage dating WITHOUT parental involvement is, in my idea at least, going to massively improve the non-ideological and habitual stance towards women
(To clarify, i think sex is not a requirement)
HOW?
That's the problem. A lot of discussion and planning will be needed.
That "particular social circle" you mentioned at the end? Somehow we need to get closer. A separate school would be too much, but children and teenagers socializing A LOT MORE for everything else.
And WE need to support OUR kids (in the future) in all that... That breakups are fine and normal, how to deal two crushes or triangles, and all.
Not to forget queers.
And kids who are kicked out of houses? WE adopt them (Not as simple as that, but that's the basic idea)
The potential issue
Child marriage precursors. Narcissistic manipulation can't be complained or legally handled, and the child/teenager will be locked in the house (psychologically) rather than kicked out.