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MstSebastian -> RE: Gender Roles: Men, Women, And Rape (11/28/2012 6:07:47 AM)
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ORIGINAL: naughtynick81
Not that I claim no level headed female, feminist, liberal, democrat exist. But to cancel out "female" alone, people with such political aspects, many to most seem totally blind to other sides of the story due to politically correct rules.
I have to disagree. It isn't political correctness that makes most women blind to the issues affecting men, just as it isn't political correctness that makes so many men blind to the issues affecting women. The reality is far simpler than that: Men and women, both, are more affected, and thus become more aware, of certain issues. It is hard to see the other side of the story when that side doesn't personally impact you. Add to this the social expectation for men to "be a man, take it on the chin, walk it off, don't cry about it," and we have generations of men who are culturally raised to internalize their problems. The lack of awareness of men's issues has nothing to do with women, and everything to do with the way men are socially conditioned to respond to those issues.
I have dedicated my career to the research and exploration of issues surrounding masculinity, male sexual development, and the impact that societal roles and expectations have on men. And, in that career, I can tell you that it isn't women, so much as it is men, who are ultimately the cause of men's issues being pushed to the side. In so many cases, in so many places, men don't come forward about rape because they are afraid of other men judging them harshly, questioning their masculinity.
It takes work and dedication by people who want the social stigma surrounding men discussing these issues for it to change. Don't blame women, it isn't their fault; nor is it the fault of feminisim (which, BTW, is a blanket term encompassing a whole litany of feminist perspectives, such as third wave feminism, radical feminism, black liberation feminism, lesbian feminism, etc). It is men, our social conditioning, the pressure we put on one another to "act like a man" that is, ultimately, what needs to be combated if we are to change things.
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