Feminism - Dear father ♀

in #feminism6 years ago

It seems to me that this video attempts to paint it as if rape and domestic violence is the norm, and that such behavior is situational and can be conducted by any normal man or boy given the right circumstances, instead of the quite specific pathology and quite specific predictors that lie beneath such abnormal behavior. It's the ordinary "blame all men" for what a few sick individuals does. If you actually look at the domestic violence data that exists for instance, the most common form (well over 50%) is reciprocal violence where both men and women initiates violence at an equal rate in the relationship. Men know very well that hitting women is wrong, for any reason. It has been drilled into us since childhood that we're inherently evil and that we need to be restrained. We're basically treated as walking weapons. Women, generally, aren't taught that violence is wrong to the same extent as men and certainly aren't taught that beating men is wrong. It seems the constant retort when a man is beaten is, "what did he do to provoke her?" The prevailing narrative is "men lose control" and "women are provoked." So here we have two different narratives, two separate world-views, and two very different standards and models of responsibility.

Add to that the fact that the vast majority of physical abusers against children are mothers acting alone, even when you adjust for the extra time mothers spend with their children. It would be equally insane to blame all women for what those sick individuals do.

I think it's dangerous if such a view becomes widely accepted. Abusive parenting, sex crimes and violent behavior must be elucidated from their very specific roots if we're to really deal with it. Blaming 99,5% of a population for what 0.5% does and deeming said behavior as the "norm" is entirely unscientific and unfair. Or what do you think?

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