Re: Boys Often Don’t Recognize When They’ve Been Sexually Assaulted

(feministsonredditare)

" I want to be clear: Girls bear the brunt — both physically and psychologically — of sexual harassment, assault, and rape, but they’re not its exclusive targets. "

Lol at that fucking disclaimer. Why are americans so obsessed with hating men and worshipping feminism? Jesus.

(DJ-Roukan)
This is the true definition of "Toxic Masculinity"...how society shames us into silence, ignores our issues.

When Shepard Bliss coined the term well back in the 90s Iron John moment, this is the sort of thing he talked about, the silence, shame, frustration that caused men to act out for both their lack of understanding, and lack of help for them.

The example today is the overwhelming number of boys raised in the single parent home shooting up schools. We create the crisis, blame men when they explode.

To answer your question, the feminist hijacking that term, turning it against men as they have with so many lies and misrepresentations, so much revisionism, is the reason you are seeking.

(PutridMeatPuppet)
Because upsetting women means you don’t get laid. And too many Americans still give a fuck about getting a piece of ass from an entitled land whale.

(DevilishRogue)
The unpalatable truth is that the vast majority of low-level sexual assault, from brushing up against someone to pinching their bottom, is largely harmless regardless of the sex of the perpetrator or the victim. Whilst men and women deserve the same rights and freedom to engage in day to day life without having their physical integrity infringed upon the consequences are such that it is a weaponized claim as per the Mark Pearson case. As such the only way to ever get anywhere close to achieving equal rights on this issue, let alone anything remotely resembling justice, is to reduce the punishment to the point that courts feel it is something they can do to women who assault men.

(elebrin)
Young men are taught that anything can happen to you at any time, and you need to be prepared to defend yourself against it. The world is trying to chew you up then kill you. They aren't sensitive to things like abuse because I think that is the default that they live with.

Hell, the way boys play is indicative of this. Young boys tease each other and roughhouse endlessly. If you can't take it and learn to dish it back, if you can't learn the other boy's limits of what is OK and what is hurtful while slowly increasing your tolerance of what you can take, then you are just going to have a rough time and never really fit in. In some ways I think that is a good thing, it makes us tough. On the other hand, when an adult is taking sexual advantage of a young boy, that sort of default attitude is going to be working against them getting what they need because that isn't something you can or want to just learn to deal with and they can't really handle it on their own.