I think the Reddit idea of gender equality is seeping into this site tbh. “What about the women who do [TERRIBLE THING]?” and “Think about the men who are also victims of [TERRIBLE THING]!” are not appropriate responses to posts talking about women’s issues, especially issues that statistically effect women at a much higher rate than men. Throwing centrifuge into discussions about things like femicide and domestic violence against women is really not helpful.

Saying “Hey, men are statistically more likely to do/perpetuate this bad thing.” is not bioessentialism or particularly radical. It is a real problem backed up by statistics and it must be addressed to stop it from continuing. Men are not destined to do this bad thing. It is offensive to me as a man to pretend like men do not have a choice to not be shitty. We are not born to do that bad thing. We live in a society and culture that continuously makes excuses for men and teaches them from birth to perpetuate the patriarchy and see women as lesser and it tries to teach us we are not performing their gender correctly if they are not subjugating women. With the current fascist cultural slide in the USA, it’s more important than ever to criticize the men willfully perpetuating these ideas and openly hating women because the manosphere and the far right are a current and massive threat to women and to the success of mankind as a whole, tbh.

Yes, things like domestic violence against men, men’s mental health, homicidal violence with male victims and the effects of toxic masculinity on men are all very important things to discuss. Just not on posts specifically about women.