EDIT: I looked at the original Tumblr post you linked and the context makes all the difference. WTF is up with that reply to, "As a feminist I think male rape victims are just as equal as female rape victims and deserve the same attention." I support both statements as standalone statements, but if the latter is supposed to be some sort of rebuttal to the former, I'm confused as heck.
Yeah, that's what I was objecting to. There's no doubt it's the patriarchy's fault for a lot of shit that goes on in the world, and the horrible things that happen to male victims is a result of our misogynistic beliefs and our deifying a fucked up ideal of "masculinity" while dismissing femininity as "weak" and "useless." It's just that the patriarchy comment as a response to the earlier statement really rubbed me the wrong way. By itself, I got no objections, but as a response to "rape victims of all genders deserve help and respect"? Nope.jpeg.
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Date: 2015-05-19 06:35 am (UTC)Yeah, that's what I was objecting to. There's no doubt it's the patriarchy's fault for a lot of shit that goes on in the world, and the horrible things that happen to male victims is a result of our misogynistic beliefs and our deifying a fucked up ideal of "masculinity" while dismissing femininity as "weak" and "useless." It's just that the patriarchy comment as a response to the earlier statement really rubbed me the wrong way. By itself, I got no objections, but as a response to "rape victims of all genders deserve help and respect"? Nope.jpeg.