"Upcoming Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Awareness Events Focus on Men"

Submitted by Mastodon on Thu, 2015-06-25 17:52

Article here. Excerpt:

'A full day of events addressing issues of sexual assault and domestic violence is planned for Thursday, June 25th, but the intended audience isn't the demographic most affected by those crimes.

Rather than focus on women for these events, the Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Taskforce is inviting men to be guests at its quarterly "community conversation" event. That public forum will be immediately followed by the annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event, where men are asked to don high heels for a one-mile awareness walk.

"Men have been basically silent on the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault. And the silence is what creates the permissive space for abusers to be abusive," said Kevin Reed, the Shelby County judicial commissioner over the domestic violence court and a member of the SAK Taskforce.
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The Memphis Area Women's Council (MAWC) is behind the annual Walk a Mile event, which is in its fifth year. The walk kicks off at 5 p.m., immediately following the community conversation meeting. Participants will walk from the Cannon Center to the FedExForum Plaza, and while high heels aren't required, they are encouraged.'

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Yep. Just the way it's needed. No one's focusing on men that way neeeaaarrly enough. Yep.

Oh yeah, and getting men to hobble around in high heels while women stand around and snicker at them will fo wonders to reduce DV. Yep.

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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2015-06-26 03:09

...i am soooooo sick of this.

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Submitted by ErikaLancastor on Fri, 2015-06-26 19:56