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Originally Posted by yossarian  Men suffer at the hands of violence far more than women do. |
I think you're right, yossarian. You'll notice that I worded my last post accordingly. I don't think a call for honoring women while continuing to dishonor men is a call that would have integrity or be effective.
Seeker mentioned that it's a very small percentage of men who commit violence against women, but it's a very large percentage of women who have been on the receiving end of violence from men. The author of the article in the OP, I think, had a specific problem of beating on and being angry at gals, not guys. So it makes sense that his focus would be specifically on that perspective. Being an activist against violence towards females does not imply that it's okay to act violently towards men, any more than activists against the war in Iraq are implying that war in Iran is okay. (Unless maybe that's your focus and you feel slighted -- but it's not the intention, I don't think, of the article's author, and certainly not mine.)