The following day, I attended a workshop about preventing gender violence, facilitated by Katz. There, he posed a question to all of the men in the room: “Men, what things do you do to protect yourself from being raped or sexually assaulted?”
Not one man, including myself, could quickly answer the question. Finally, one man raised his hand and said, “Nothing.” Then Katz asked the women, “What things do you do to protect yourself from being raped or sexually assaulted?” Nearly all of the women in the room raised their hand. One by one, each woman testified:
“I don’t make eye contact with men when I walk down the street,” said one.
“I don’t put my drink down at parties,” said another.
“I use the buddy system when I go to parties.”
“I cross the street when I see a group of guys walking in my direction.”
“I use my keys as a potential weapon.”
The women went on for several minutes, until their side of the blackboard was completely filled with responses. The men’s side of the blackboard was blank. I was stunned. I had never heard a group of women say these things before. I thought about all of the women in my life — including my mother, sister and girlfriend — and realized that I had a lot to learn about gender.
”Why I Am A Male Feminist (via newwavefeminism)
This. Times a million.
(via swinehaven)
Notes
-
thunderwishes reblogged this from neil-gaiman and added:
I love Neil for this so much
-
maikeruf liked this
-
youaremyhighesthigh reblogged this from somejigganigga
-
hatchuu liked this
-
autographthis reblogged this from swiftglee
-
swiftglee reblogged this from iamateenagefeminist
-
personalvision reblogged this from itkindarhymeswithcoma
-
redheadrambles reblogged this from binchan
-
laura-ash liked this
-
playthenotesyourway reblogged this from priincess-meeghan
-
dontsendflowers liked this
-
starbucks-golgotha reblogged this from zeump
-
runningmywaytohealthy liked this
-
bestrongerbebeautiful reblogged this from toned-tanned-fit-andready
-
caseynicolex reblogged this from suavey-y
-
suavey-y reblogged this from toned-tanned-fit-andready
-
toned-tanned-fit-andready liked this
-
toned-tanned-fit-andready reblogged this from helpmehealthyy
-
hickeyfrom-kenickie reblogged this from helpmehealthyy
-
purtycamel liked this
-
we-are-beast liked this
-
helpmehealthyy reblogged this from smalltowngrrrls
-
olivejuice9 reblogged this from napalmz
-
satpreet liked this
-
likegruesome liked this
-
adreamisawish reblogged this from accordingtomarfs
-
plutogodofbaking reblogged this from nollamasforyoutony
-
halfsnarky reblogged this from giadriana
-
giadriana reblogged this from onlytowardschaos
-
leja-leja reblogged this from cradleofilz
-
napalmz reblogged this from pop-popintheattic
-
joyceepoo reblogged this from pancakesystem
-
pancakesystem reblogged this from hick3ynicky
-
craving-redamancy reblogged this from alittlemagicspell
-
raisetheruth reblogged this from conigliomannaro
-
alittlemagicspell reblogged this from pop-popintheattic
-
halfway-to-nobody liked this
-
accordingtomarfs reblogged this from life-after-survival and added:
I thought this was worth a reblog. I unconsciously do a lot of those things, too.
-
lyndsayonmars reblogged this from nollamasforyoutony
-
lasimonita reblogged this from pop-popintheattic
-
conigliomannaro reblogged this from binchan
-
dent-arthur-dent liked this
-
nollamasforyoutony reblogged this from life-after-survival
-
frizzylittlegrizzly liked this
-
pop-popintheattic reblogged this from zeump
-
babydentures liked this
-
zeump reblogged this from classyitalians
-
cradleofilz reblogged this from achaargosht
-
achaargosht reblogged this from tiredhungryandbored
-
pens3 liked this
- Show more notes
