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#YesAllNormal: Standing up for the Average Man
Article here. Excerpt:
'The #YesAllWomen hashtag, as summarized here, displays a feminist view of men as being obvious threats to women citing 1 in 6 women being assaulted each year. This statistic is used to assert that 1 in 6 men must therefore be rapists, despite statistical acknowledgement to the contrary. Yet another statistic of 10% is used to state: “Not all Men? Imagine a bowl of M&M’s. 10% are poison. Go ahead and grab a handful. Not all M&M’s are poison!” Feminists tweeted that “Every single woman you know has been sexually harassed” and “Imagine how exhausted I am dealing with sexism and misogyny. Every. Single. Day.” A guide to “Rape Culture” details the many ways women face sexism from cruel, entitled men. For example when holding a conversation with a woman: “If you pursue a conversation when she’s tried to cut it off, you send a message. It is that your desire to speak trumps her right to be left alone.” It argues “Rape culture is telling girls and women to be careful about what you wear, how you wear it, how you carry yourself, where you walk, when you walk there, with whom you walk, whom you trust…” The overall theme is clear: “We refuse to accept that nice guys rape, and they do it often.”
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The honest tragedy is that true victims get buried under piles of theory and opportunistic assault and the most vulnerable group in our society pays the price for it. Despite the mocking or the outrage from liberals over the idea that white men can be victims, the reality is that this group is singularly defenseless against all accusations against them. They are unable to reason against racism towards them because they are shut down with “check your privilege.” They cannot defend themselves against even the most absurd accusation of sexism or misogyny. At every turn they are dismissed and demeaned with arrogant declarations that their arguments are invalid by default. White men experience actual discrimination based solely on their race and their gender.
Forgetting race, men in general simply do not deserve any of this. Regular men marry the women they love, raise children, and work long hours to support their families. Single fathers make up 8% of our population without any acknowledgment. Anti-gun advocates take away men’s ability to protect their families. Progressive welfare systems and liberal feminism tax men’s paychecks and require child support. Certainly middle- class and poor white men have no familiarity with any form of “privilege” their skin color provides them.'
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Who socializes men?
When feminists talk about socializing men, they talk as if boys were taken aside by men every so often and given lessons in manhood. In fact, of course, this never happens. Most boys are socialized predominantly by women. They have a mother at home and a female teacher at school. Many of these women have been taught less than savory ideas about men.
But here's the most interesting statistic about rape: about 80% of men serving time in prison for rape were raised by single mothers.
The best antidote for rape is not a hashtag.
The best antidote is a three-letter word: Dad.