(February 8, 2015 at 4:44 pm)TheMessiah Wrote:The difference is that:(February 8, 2015 at 4:36 pm)Pizz-atheist Wrote: @ TheMessiah
You must have posted your reply while I was editing this. No big deal
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So is the notion of men (and probably women too) getting murdered. It is a real danger, the homicide rate is still among the highest in the industrialized world for America.
1 - Death threats affect both genders
2 - No one blames the dead person for being murdered - But when you are raped, society may victim-blame you by telling you "the skirt was too short" or that "you just drank too much" or that "you provoked the guy".
3 - This means that the frequency of rape threats towards women normalizes the danger of being raped that is significantly higher for women and it promotes the idea that women exist to satisfy men's urges.
4 - The problem here is also that when a woman calls out sexism, regardless of the validity of her arguments, there will be men like MRA's, returnofkings and other misogynistic social circles that will threaten her and try to put her in her place. If a man spoke out against sexism the probability of someone threatening him is not as high - Even in gaming male personalities that are against sexism in gaming and call it out are not threatened like females are, to the point people start petitions to get them fired.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you