today's topic is men, and the night time, AND how women view it as "their" time.
So, instead of talking about "innocent people" versus "criminals," they look at every issue through a childish and un-nuanced gender lens, and as a result they don't see reality --everything becomes "women" versus "men." They are quick to show how "reasonable" they are by noting that "not all men hurt women" but then they talk about "rape continuums" that includes men looking at women and other things that do not lead to rape, and they shame innocent men by noting "if you aren't part of the solution, you're part of the problem," etc. (Of course to ask WOMEN to be part of the solution is "victim blaming" -- innocent men are just as innocent as innocent women, but they are not so excused from being "part of the solution").
Never does it occur to them that innocent men are no more responsible for the criminals than are innocent women. In fact, we have less ability to stop the criminals. Innocent women, on the other hand, can avoid putting themselves in certain dangerous situations (e.g., drinking while engaging in sex play), but it's verboten to talk about that.
It never occurs to them that stereotyping all men on the basis of what a tiny group does is immoral (you know, bigotry and all that stuff that applies to every other class except men). They can't "get it" that maleness skews so wide that our gender produces Einstein, Lincoln and Beethoven -- and also Charles Manson. To them, all men are . . . fill in the blank: dogs, pigs, clueless . . . . Take your pick.
In short, their view of reality is akin to looking at the world through a funhouse mirror. The image it creates is so misshapen, one must look elsewhere to discern reality.
- I didn't come up with this short essay, but I endorse it.
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