![]() Women are ignored so much, I think the least we can do as men is try to understand this issue, and then we should do a lot more. I urge you to read all of her words and I do not apologize for the how long it is. One of my good friends shared Mellisa’s work with me and I think it should be a mandatory read for…well…every man on earth. To talk about Rape Culture and explain how deep this issue goes, I will quote a popular blogger, named Mellisa McEwan. This is in response to Todd Akin’s ignorant comments that implied there is such a things as “legitimate rape” as if all rape would not be considered legitimate. So even in this blog, I want to use the words of women more than my own, to talk about rape culture. It seems as though subjects like women rights, sexual abuse, Black feminism, ect are sometimes given more attention when a man talks about them, like hearing them from a women (particularly a black women) is somehow “not as legitimate”. The privilege of being a man and talking about such a sensitive subject, from a position of power is one that I, even now, am not entirely comfortable doing. Honestly, I have wanted to speak on Rape Culture for a while, but I have remained hesitant for a long time, quite simply because I am a man.
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