"The reality is that we need to be changing how we train and teach young men. We need to teach them to see women as human beings and respect their bodily autonomy. We need to teach them about consent and to hold themselves accountable.”
http://www.salon.com/2013/03/08/can_men ... t_to_rape/
Some of you may wonder how other people can view feminism in negative aspects ranging from skepticism to utter disdain. If you are, look no further than the link I have posted for you. As a society, we have generally allowed the media to take pot shots at the male gender under the assumption that they don't suffer and are not easily offended to begin with. Statements like "Women are smarter than men" or "Men are the cause of war." are thrown around in the media with little to no backlash, but if you were to reverse those two phrases and put them on air, then you would have a hate speech on your hands.
Noting that rule, we can see how far it can be taken with the quote above. It's astonishing to me that some man-hating bigot can go on television and claim that men are natural-born rapists and that they need to be trained to supress that instinct and educated to see women as human beings. They say "society teaches men to rape", but no one in my life has ever once told me that it was ok to rape, nor did anyone ever tell me that women were not people. The idea that rape is ingrained in every man and has been institutionalized and permitted by society is about as far from reality as it gets. No one teaches anyone to rape nor are rapists anywhere near comparable to the average man. Men who do rape are mentally sick, not mentally normal and to say that such a revolting act is part of a man's normal mental function and he needs to be trained out of it is equally as revolting.
Why is this acceptable? Why is it ok to brand men as violent, sadistic, cold-hearted savages? If we did this to any other group, race, ethnicity, or nationality, it would be called out for the ignorant hate speech that it is. Why is there an exception here?
