In 20 secondsSon , because of the sin of Adam , we are born without sanctifying grace , our intellect is darkened , our will is weakened , and our passions incline us to evil . I got it from granddad , and you get it from me . No , not your mother and your sister . Whatever nontrifling sins they have are my fault or your fault or granddad ' s fault . The purpose of this parade is , ostensibly , to draw attention to violence against women , or some such rhetorical phrase . But the actual purpose is what you might expect to affront , degrade and humiliate the male population in a ritual , symbolic manner . . The whole spectacle is designed as a participatory public psychodrama , meant to enact the neurotic tribal narrative of a certain social cohort , and to draw more and more people into that very same script .