I got curious and decided to come back and read this one.
…I’m glad you dug deeper.
I’d argue that murder/kill are gendered words though, considering the massive dis balance in who suffered random violence, who winds up self deleting, winds up “nobly sacrificing” for women/children in wars/emergency, or even being victimized in non mutual domestic violence. The issue is that they are gendered against men as much as rape is.
Domestic violence is especially egregious in that the definition game with DV isn’t just as bad as it was with rape, but much worse and more insideous, getting stronger and less understanding.
For instance, if a man stands over a seated women and yells loudly at her inches from her face and someone sees it, he’s going to jail to atleast cool down.
If a woman does it; people video record and joke about it, see Bryan Laundrie pushed his abuser back so her has space to stand, calls the police on HIM for making space. The woman is then placed in the back of the cop car before being released for Brian to deal with more.
You know those stories of abused women finally taking revenge against their husband that get a year and a movie deal… do you honestly think Brian would have been given so light a sentence or a pre-execution movie? Think about the way society views rape.
Hell, think about the way society views most dangerous things. Men have to register for the draft to get financial aid of any kind (student loans, disability, social security). Draft registration is needed for federal jobs. In a lot of states draft registration is required for voting.
Draft Required unless you are from one group of people that have a rather matriarchal look to them.
You make a strong point on murder/kill being gendered. It reminds of Jordan Peterson interview on GQ where he said "most of the homeless population are men, most who commit suicide are men, most in the jail are men, most victims of violent crimes are men, most people who die in wars are men, most people who perform poorly in school are men. Where exactly is the patriarchy here?".
And you're bang on about DV. If a woman shouts at a man, she only becomes a Karen. But if a guy shouts at a woman, he becomes an offender.
I got curious and decided to come back and read this one.
…I’m glad you dug deeper.
I’d argue that murder/kill are gendered words though, considering the massive dis balance in who suffered random violence, who winds up self deleting, winds up “nobly sacrificing” for women/children in wars/emergency, or even being victimized in non mutual domestic violence. The issue is that they are gendered against men as much as rape is.
Domestic violence is especially egregious in that the definition game with DV isn’t just as bad as it was with rape, but much worse and more insideous, getting stronger and less understanding.
For instance, if a man stands over a seated women and yells loudly at her inches from her face and someone sees it, he’s going to jail to atleast cool down.
If a woman does it; people video record and joke about it, see Bryan Laundrie pushed his abuser back so her has space to stand, calls the police on HIM for making space. The woman is then placed in the back of the cop car before being released for Brian to deal with more.
You know those stories of abused women finally taking revenge against their husband that get a year and a movie deal… do you honestly think Brian would have been given so light a sentence or a pre-execution movie? Think about the way society views rape.
Hell, think about the way society views most dangerous things. Men have to register for the draft to get financial aid of any kind (student loans, disability, social security). Draft registration is needed for federal jobs. In a lot of states draft registration is required for voting.
Draft Required unless you are from one group of people that have a rather matriarchal look to them.
You make a strong point on murder/kill being gendered. It reminds of Jordan Peterson interview on GQ where he said "most of the homeless population are men, most who commit suicide are men, most in the jail are men, most victims of violent crimes are men, most people who die in wars are men, most people who perform poorly in school are men. Where exactly is the patriarchy here?".
And you're bang on about DV. If a woman shouts at a man, she only becomes a Karen. But if a guy shouts at a woman, he becomes an offender.