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In reply to the discussion: How to know that you hate women [View all]Threedifferentones
(1,070 posts)Would it have been tolerable for Rice to knock me, a 150 lb average guy, out for no reason? If Michael Sam were caught knocking out his boyfriend?
Practically speaking no one can deny that women tend to be much more vulnerable. There's no doubt that many shelters and other forms of aid need to be dedicated to women and kids, because they make up more of the abused population and are understandably uncomfortable around strange men.
However, from a perspective of feminist theory I don't think "stop violence against women" works out. Feminism is also about equality. If women are exempt from violence and men are not, where is the equality?
If men continue to be violent amongst themselves, how on Earth can we expect them all to be peaceful at home with their families?
How about we just start calling spousal abusers what they are? Fucking bullies. It is never okay to hurt someone in order to use fear as a mechanism of control. Bigger people can gain power over smaller people because size wins fist fights. It is not okay for Ray Rice to go around hitting other people.
Finally, to preempt what I believe is a likely reply to this comment, I must point out that AFAIK no feminist ever denied that the phrase "all men are created equal" implicitly excludes women even though it does not mention them explicitly.