It makes sense too; as a man, it is my Wife, My Daughter, My Mother, My Aunts & My Female Friends & Acquaintances that will suffer from this disease. Thus, I would like to see it cured as I do not wish for any woman I know to get this disease. I have a vested Interest in this.
In the same sense, I wish nothing but the best for my daughter in here life; I want my wife to be treated as due to her experience & training (of which she has plenty)
I want my female relatives & friends to be taken seriously as employees & be offered opportunities based upon their skills.
A man should not get a role just because he is male, or happened to have goon to the same school, or belongs to the same footy club as his boss.
Further, I really want my Daughter & Wife & Mother & Aunts & Sister & Cousins & Friends to be treated well by their male relatives & associates.
Most men feel the same way. I do not think it is surprising really.
BUT, This outlook, actually marks me as a (male) feminist. I am proud to out myself as a Feminist too. I am in good company too.
So when Sarah Silverman - (a comedienne who I am not actually that familiar with if I am honest) recently released her "Ten Rape Prevention Tips" (Below) I was really surprised at the size of the discontent amongst my fellow males in response:
Twitter Here
Link Here
I like Sarah's piece. I support it. She is actually having a red hot go at the victim shaming rubbish that so many repeat.
It's message is simple; If a woman is raped IT IS THE FAULT OF THE RAPIST.
Simple & easy to follow advice for all young men. Stop blaming the Victims with that rubbish like "She should not have been drinking... Blah Blah Blah..." It is all rubbish & for you to repeat it makes you a lesser man.
This leads me to my veiws on some very shocking murders that have really gotten under my skin; poor Jill Meagher & Stephanie Scott.
These have affected me as I cannot remain "third party" removed enough. In addition to the general tragedy of Stephanie, Stephanie grew up not that far away from where I live currently, in the same council area(Cabonne) . She was a teacher - a role that I respect deeply; she was at a workplace alone doing work because she cared.
Despite not being related to her or her husband Tom, the murder of Jill Meagher affected me as well. We share an uncommon last name; she was abducted after a night out after work with friends... A women just walking along the street by herself.
Just two modern women living life & having that life taken from them by a man
I think it was the proximity that I felt about both these cases that has irked me & caused me to write this piece.
As a man, I am deeply offended by the behaviour of the men involved in these innocent ladies. (AND the other unmentioned crimes against so many other innocent women). I am deeply offended by these sleazy pick up artists that preach that misogynistic "Women are for your Pleasure Rubbish". I am offended in so many ways that I would not be able to write this piece & finish before the year 2050.
There is no excuse for this "I am better than you thinking".
Most of this anger is purely because men treat women like rubbish; not like equal partners in life.
So, to those men that were offended by the Sarah Silverman comedy piece above, what do you really get offended by?
a). The poor behaviour of or fellow man? Repeating Victim Blaming statements? Not caring that either of these ladies that I mentioned could be your Wife/Sister/Daughter/Mother?
OR
b). The ironic insights from a woman about victim shaming & sexual Assault?
So lets put away the impotent twitter feed furry & do something.
So What to do:
Repeat after me: I will embrace the newly empowered male-feminist mantra & say to a fellow man when he repeats something stupidly blaming a victim of a sex crime "Mate, let's not blame the victim; the criminal is at fault here"
Simple & easy & Not aggressive enough to cause a fight & certainly makes a point about the responsibility for the act.
Finally, whilst he had many flaws, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk summed up my thoughts:
“Human kind is made up of two sexes, women and men. Is it possible that a mass is improved by the improvement of only one part and the other part is ignored? Is it possible that if half of a mass is tied to earth with chains and the other half can soar into skies?”
From this site
Brothers, Let's Break the chains
Leigh
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