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Old 10-21-2017, 12:09 PM   #248
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Originally Posted by Grimbl420 View Post
Because it's been made abundantly clear that men are not welcome to share their abuse stories with the Me Too moniker, and I'm standing up for those men.
Nobody -- NOBODY -- is saying that men and boys cannot be victims of sexual abuse or harassment or that those people are unwelcome to receive support. The point of the #MeToo campaign, though, is to show just how prevalent of an issue this is among women in particular. Sexual harassment is something that practically all women and girls have to deal with in their lives, which has come as a shock to many men based on their reactions to the sheer volume of women they know sharing their stories with the #MeToo hashtag. By comparison, a much lower (but non-zero, granted) percentage of men are victims of sexual harassment. Men participating in #MeToo, a campaign that from its outset was specifically designed to highlight just how common sexual harassment is for women, is akin to white people posting #AllLivesMatter.
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