Dads, Be Very Afraid: Here's a Cautionary Tale About Your Own Behavior

This PSA from Care Norway, the Norwegian branch of charity Care International, has gone viral in Scandinavia -- and you'll see why if you watch. The five-minute film is a powerful and disturbing story, narrated from the point of view of an unborn baby girl, as a "Dear Daddy" letter. The girl explains how, as she grows up, boys will start to treat her badly; they'll call her "whore" and "bitch" and c***" in high school, she'll be raped at 21 and even her eventual fiance, a "nice boy" with a good job, will subject her to abuse. The point of this is not just to highlight how awful men are, however -- it's to warn the father-to-be that his own behavior may effectively condone harmful actions in others. By not calling people out for using sexist language and making jokes about women, he's part of a culture that encourages abuse -- one that could have dangerous repercussions on his own child. The Swedish version of the ad has been viewed over five million times since it launched in early December. It was directed by Jakob StrÃ¶m through Tangrystan Productions, for Norwegian agency Schjaerven.

Dads, Be Very Afraid: Here's a Cautionary Tale About Your Own Behavior

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