Posted by
KsReaganite on Friday, April 29, 2011 2:59:14 PM
In so many ways, treachery is a crime of opportunity, be it
personal or professional or public
levels. Those who can, are more likely than others to do so. Finally, a
respected professional organization has established that the gender of the
perpetrator does not matter.
Treachery regardless of gender and class
While it comes down, ultimately, to the personal integrity
(remember, integrity is what you are when nobody is looking) of an individual,
let us face the fact that we are humans: some work environments are simply too
tempting for the person of average morals to hold up. Businessmen/women on
extended trips, male teachers in public elementary
schools (where the female to male ratio is very high), females in municipal law
enforcement (reverse of male teachers), any job during the night time hours, are
all in a vulnerable position vis a vis
their ethics. I have seen it first hand and grossly regretted assuming that
someone’s gender, class, or family values will automatically inculcate them against
becoming trailer trash when the opportunity arises. That much of the personal
indiscretions of politicians happen during long sessions of legislatures is
simply due to the fact that there are amongst us those abject cowards who, in
the garb and badge of public service, cloaked in the shadows of darkness, will
often put personal agendas above decency. We ignore such monsters at our peril.