Men Need to Speak Up to End Rape Culture, Too
Men Need to Speak Up to End Rape Culture, Too
The Pelicot trial shined a light on the pervasiveness of rape culture. It was also a reminder that men need to hold abusers accountable, too.
I got banned from Reddit for, and I quote, "inciting violence or hate towards marginalized or vulnerable groups" for a comment calling out men in general for mostly allowing the 2020s to become the decade where men are represented by pieces of shit like Andrew Tate and Donald Trump without much resistance.
And the best part is it was a comment that I had made like a month before, but the suspension came right after making a popular post in Reddit's feminism subreddit and getting more rewards than I've ever gotten. In order words it was clearly people who didn't like what I said going through my profile and looking for things to mass report. Reddit doesn't seem to care about people abusing that though.
So speaking out anywhere except where you're just preaching to the choir can land you in trouble. I fully agree that not enough men have been calling out other men for shitty behaviour, following shitty 'gurus' and teaching their children and younger brothers in generation Z that rape 'jokes' are ok. And too many men that take huge personal offense to depressing stats and people describing their own bad experiences / abuse instead of being concerned about it and wanting things to change.
Just to circle back to Reddit. Never forget that Spez, current CEO of Reddit, was a moderator of the jailbait subreddit and that the only reason that Reddit has ever taken action against those kinds of subs is because they were getting negative media attention about them.
Edit: most of these platforms seem to be run by people that would be angry posting in incel forums in a parallel universe where they didn't become rich and famous, so it's an uphill battle now. We have to do the calling out in the real world, risking having to deal with monkey brain aggression. Social media isn't on our side.
i am sorry for a mini vent but i got banned for trying to report rape cases in c/news they told me they banned me because of some agenda, THIS IS BS i was simply reporting cases in my state!
please stop mod abuse from spreading here!
Related take (in German): https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/30386812
Part of the gist from one of the interviewees was (im paraphrasing): She certainly hopes men can be feminists, too. Since if only half of the population fights for equality, we're unlikely to succeed.
Men need to be feminists! It requires education, it's sometimes hard to recognize the abuses when you are not a direct victim.
In the case of rape... this, I can't explain... How would some of the perps during this trial just acted (pretended) like they didn't know they were rapping this woman! This is just beyond my comprehension. But it's a fact, we have to face it. This people exist and we seriously have to do something about it.
Hmmh, agreed. I also don't really know what to make of this case. It exists, and I completely fail to relate to any of it. It's just beyond my comprehension. I don't think it's super important to pay attention to everything the perpetrators say. For all I know it could be all lies in self-defense and pretend. But it's a good thing that Gisele Pelicot took it on herself to make her case/story public and discussed this way. It's really an act of bravery IMO.
I'm also hoping that with Trump and Elon's enshitification of America that more men are persuaded to potentially become more considerate and supportive towards women
Okay, lets talk about perverts using progressive agendas as a smoke screen to silence anyone speaking out about their behaviours.
You want men to help solve things, you have to actually accept their help instead of handcuffing them for trying.
The fuck are you even talking about? Did you get hit in the head?
Talking about people like this abusing the system to prey upon others.
advocate for the "all-bodies swim" at a Langley township public pool. The proposed event was to be for ages 12 and up, with clothing above the waist optional, and with parents and caretakers prohibited.
I'm talking about the literal systematic rape of children in the UK which was defended by silencing anyone speaking about it as racist bigots.
Men have been speaking out, and far too many self proclaimed feminists have been falling over themselves to silence those men.
What are you talking about? and how is it relevant to this?
Which perverts?