The current campaigns against the sexualisation of children,
the ending of page 3 models in The Sun, the highlighting of ‘everyday sexism’,
the spread and acceptance of pornography into the wider society, and the proliferation
of pornography and sexism into the everyday lives of our children; are seldom
supported proactively by the men of this country.
Sadly, the majority of men shout, "wot about male
equality" whenever they come across anything which tries to balance out
the discrimination women and girls face every single day. Such places and
organisations aimed at ‘women only’ are required in a patriarchal society, in which
by definition 'men' control everything. Men can hardly claim they are
disadvantaged, generally speaking.
Such attitudes are just a diversionary tactic, because
accepting the issues concerned requires understanding and action; both of which
are scarce commodities in the priorities of the male in addressing society’s
ills.
The real problem is MEN - period!
I argue that as a man who is at most times embarrassed to be
of the male gender, due to the sickening macho bullshit that comes out of the
mouths of most, the blindness they prefer to maintain when it comes to how
their daughters, mothers, wives, girlfriends and female friends are treated in
our society; and the acquiescence with which they enforce such macho Neanderthal-like
behaviours.
Fact is by attacking women who have real justification for
feeling that all men are the same and standing back and not joining them in
their ‘equality’ demands, for example, The Scum tabloid known as the Sun to be
forced to stop page 3 and other grotesque attitudes towards women and girls; they
pamper to the majority males with 'chips on their shoulders' and fear of women whenever women
stand up for themselves.
Such attitudes betray the general 'fear' and 'aggression' which
the majority of men hold for women, and the 'dislike' they have for the female
gender.
I often hear men say of course "We like women, after all, we
shag them don't we?" Ha, Ha, laugh, laugh!
They mistake sexual attraction of the physical with
actually 'liking' the person within the body.
I don’t think many men actually 'like' women. They are simply in ‘lust’ for them, in 'awe' of them, and 'threatened' by them! Indeed,
they blame their ‘sexual weaknesses’ upon women, taking no responsibility for
their own behaviours and actions.
Why else does our male controlled society and world do all
it can to oppose, minimise, objectify and control women using their biology and
physical attributes as tools against them.
Proof?
Women's history has been obliterated from western society
historical records and the majority of religions, whilst female role models
have been re-formed into the sum total of their bodies and 'marketed' as a tool
for male sexual gratification.
Sorry, but, it may as well be the case that 'all men are the
same' because a microscopic few do anything to address the misogyny that all
female children grow up with and having to face throughout their lifetimes!
The silence of the majority of men in the face of misogyny,
sexism, sexually violent imagery and attitudes which minimise and control women’s
aspirations; directly ensures the majority of women and girls in our society
will live at risk of becoming victims of sexual abuse, sexual violence and sexual
discrimination throughout their lives.
