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Re: The Reputation Hilarity/Insanity thread
2 big things that women's rights have done in the west is the opening of combat arms to women by 2016 (supposedly, I'm not holding my breath) in the USA. Canada has also removed all taxes from feminine hygiene products (tampons and the like). Hopefully something to be done about Birth Control (for the various health benefits atop the obvious). Canadian military has paternity leave now, to allow men to stay at home with their newborn children and the woman in the relationship can return to work. And there has been bigger pushes to prevent rape, sexual assault, and so forth across the board.
The biggest shame though, is that it's almost entirely focused on women being the victim. While I'm sure statistics show that women are more often the victims by a landslide margin, part of this is the stigma put forth on men for being victims. We should be holding society accountable, because honestly, the reaction I see to a lot of male victims in any situation is disgusting. Whether its domestic abuse, sexual violence, or just physical violence, men are expected to just take it if its from a woman half the time. They're ignored, ridiculed. And it really has to stop.
This particular problem though comes from men as much as it does women.
2 big things that women's rights have done in the west is the opening of combat arms to women by 2016 (supposedly, I'm not holding my breath) in the USA. Canada has also removed all taxes from feminine hygiene products (tampons and the like). Hopefully something to be done about Birth Control (for the various health benefits atop the obvious). Canadian military has paternity leave now, to allow men to stay at home with their newborn children and the woman in the relationship can return to work. And there has been bigger pushes to prevent rape, sexual assault, and so forth across the board.
The biggest shame though, is that it's almost entirely focused on women being the victim. While I'm sure statistics show that women are more often the victims by a landslide margin, part of this is the stigma put forth on men for being victims. We should be holding society accountable, because honestly, the reaction I see to a lot of male victims in any situation is disgusting. Whether its domestic abuse, sexual violence, or just physical violence, men are expected to just take it if its from a woman half the time. They're ignored, ridiculed. And it really has to stop.
This particular problem though comes from men as much as it does women.