'Men don high heels to raise awareness about domestic violence'

Submitted by anthony on Mon, 2011-10-31 20:24

Story here. Excerpt:

'The Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event, which assembled near at the Skowhegan Chamber of Commerce building, was organized by the Somerset Domestic Violence Task Force, Family Violence Project and Sexual Assault Crisis and Support. Organizers encouraged men to don high heels to illustrate the point that masculinity isn't about violence against women.
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"They're pretty tight, but it just represents the idea that oftentimes as men, we're sort of self-centered and don't put ourselves in someone's else's shoes. Empathy really has to be encouraged in men," Heath said. "I think all of us are here to bring into the forefront the impact domestic violence is having on families and, most importantly, women in Maine. The deaths that have resulted just this year have impacted the whole community."'

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Men who put themselves down make me sick.

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Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2011-11-01 00:23

"I think all of us are here to bring into the forefront the impact domestic violence is having on families and, most importantly, women in Maine."

By saying women are more important than 'families' isn't he saying women are more important than children? After all children are as much a part of a family as women and men.

Of course violence is a serious problem, but surely children are most vulnerable, even if they aren't the actual targets of abuse. And of course no mention of men victims in this (surprise surprise).

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Submitted by sirprince on Tue, 2011-11-01 16:39

VAWA STOP funding guidlines state a program that benefits children can not receive funding unless it is inextricably linked to helping adult victims. It then goes on to say a program that benefits men can't get funding unless the program also helps women. The two combined state women can get funding, men and children can only ride on women's coat-tails.

So yes, the DV industry does put women before children.

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Submitted by Kratch on Tue, 2011-11-01 18:49

My observation is men participate in these kinds of activities as a way to develop empathy. High heels, pregnancy suits, etc.

Can anyone think of any event that teaches women to have empathy for men? How about mining coal? Or hanging steel at 30 stories? Or riding in a wheelchair all day because you're a quadriplegic who lost your limbs fighting in a war you didn't believe in but you were drafted and had no choice?

Whatever the exercise, I can think of no similar event that helps women understand what it's like to be a man. Can anyone else?

Women claim they're empathetic, but they make no effort to understand men while demanding men make an effort to understand them. And men do silly things like this. So who is the truly empathetic sex?

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Submitted by el cid on Tue, 2011-11-01 22:26

I think events like this should be equal opportunity, and the women participating should have to wear steel toe boots. Then the focus could be on ending domestic violence against both genders. It makes me sick how misconstrued DV is.

Evan AKA X-TRNL
Real Men Don't Take Abuse!

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Submitted by xtrnl on Wed, 2011-11-02 18:11

Boys are taught at a very young age their the 'bad sex'. Dysfunctional and destructive. These boys grow up and become self loathing men.(self fulfilling prophecy) This is why you see men wearing high heels. Boys are not taught about the virtues of manhood. All the contributions men have made to society are ignored.

Men are not seen as individuals. The feminist movement engages in communal blame by chastising our entire gender based on a very small minority of men who do bad things.

For every guy who beats his wife they're a hundred men who would risk their lives for those same women.

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Submitted by anthony on Wed, 2011-11-02 18:48