If there’s anything I’ve learned from the trans debate, it’s that society will always ascribe the worst possible motivations for the actions of women, and the best possible motivations for the actions of men... against ALL the evidence.
Despite the fact that men are overwhelmingly the perpetrators of physical and sexual violence against women, society uncritically and without suspicion accepts their claim to enter spaces where women are vulnerable.
Despite the fact that women are regularly victims of sexual abuse, femicide and violence committed by males, but commit no such violence in return, society views their reluctance to accept males in spaces where they are vulnerable with the utmost suspicion.
Male claims of hurt feelings and othering, as well as fears of violence from other males, are met with sympathy and outrage on their behalf.
Female accounts of male violence, and well-founded fears of further male violence, are met with derision.
Female accounts of male violence, and well-founded fears of further male violence, are met with derision.
Could there be any greater evidence of the power of male privilege than the simple fact that men are always trusted to be acting in good faith, whilst women are always assumed to be acting in bad faith... All while the stats tell a very different story?
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