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WCDT 22 - 26 December 2014 (Strips 2860-2864)
Neko_Ali:
The difference being that violence against women is often normalized.
Roxtar:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 22 Dec 2014, 15:20 ---The difference being that violence against women is often normalized.
--- End quote ---
I constantly see ads for battered womens shelters and the like
I also constantly see fights between men being televised and sold on pay-per-view.
edit:
seriously... we men are taught from childhood: "don't hit girls"... violence against women is vilified above all else save violence against children.
tell me again how violence against women is more "normalized" than violence against men?
if you're going to be against violence, be against violence... not just violence against (subset of humanity X)
Gladstone:
Violence is fine as long as all parties consent, like when two men on pay-per-view hit each other for fun or money. It's highly unlikely that either participant is there against their will. Whereas the person on the receiving end of violence in an abusive relationship would really prefer not to be hit. I can't believe anyone even needs to explain the difference to you.
Roxtar:
except the point i was addressing was the "normalization" of violence.
that some men more consent to violence only reinforces that violence against men is more "normal" than violence against women.
men who are the targets of domestic violence are told to "man up" and "deal with it"
women who are the targets of domestic violence are offered myriad options for help... and occasionally blamed for not leaving sooner.
Fenriswolf:
And Neko_Ali was talking about normalisation of interpersonal violence. They are completely different things and I am sick of the constant "oh, it's a double standard!" which just contrasts bar fights to abusive relationships without actually supporting male victims of domestic violence.
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