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The three monkeys (individuals, companies, and governments) show how abuse to women and children is viewed. Military spending, to kill people, outpaces mental health care spending, to save people, in all countries! Why? Because wars and weapons drive economies, and create jobs, income, wealth, and power for people, mostly men. Men and countries are addicted to that power.

It is the same thirst for power that drives men to harm, control, and overpower women and children. It is in men's DNA from thousands of years of killing each other, but over 99% of all deaths of women in domestic abusive and sexual assault cases occur from MEN harming women, (with women killing other women making up the other 1%). The day a man harms a woman or child, he is no longer a man. In court, custody battles nearly 1,000 children have died this past year. Over 70% of those by their father!

Attention and funding are needed for mental health, counseling, protection of the vulnerable, and other tools to not only prevent abuse but punish those who harm others. Stiffer laws and stronger, longer sentences need to be implemented. Many of these men who harm or kill women and children are repeat offenders. If men faced the death penalty for killing a woman or child, or even other men, they would stop doing so, one way or the other! The problem is, most judges are MEN protecting other men!

WHEN will we learn, as a nation, as companies and corporations, in Hollywood and the shows and films we produce, as well as individuals, to STOP being these three monkeys in society?

The three wise monkeys are a Japanese pictorial maxim, embodying the proverbial principle "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil". To me, they represent individuals, companies, and governments, and all are equally responsible for helping find solutions.

For the most part, men ignore these issues more than women, but having written to over 10,000 men AND women in the last six months only FIVE felt strongly enough about these issues to become a co-host or sponsor. That is appalling and speaks volumes about how much issues to protect women and children are simply not a priority or changes would be made!

Many men and women own companies and businesses, but few added their name as an advertiser to a campaign to help save women and children.

My question is this. If individuals, governments, and companies do not want to help protect women by standing with others who do, which of the three monkeys best describes them?

I just got a reply from a celebrity in Los Angeles who said she cannot afford to support these programs. Her bio photos show her wearing a Rolex watch, to impress the world with her wealth. As my father said, "What you do speaks so loudly, I cannot hear what you say".

Unless and until protecting women and children becomes a higher priority, many more will die.

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