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Originally Posted by Grimbl420
By continuing to make this a gendered issue when it's absolutely not!!! is my exact problem with the campaign. Ignoring victims of harassment and shaming them when they speak up because of their gender is the problem we're trying to get rid of.
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First you need to ask what was the purpose and goals of the #metoo campaign. It does not appear to have ever been about ending harassment in general. It appears to have to goals. Let Men know what harasssment is, how common it is, and how victims feel and two to let women know they are not alone and should come forward
If you note the harassment of men is not in any part of the above. So men who have been harassed sharing as part of the #metoo campaign is like talking Oilers hockey on a Flames board and complaining about being shunned.
Now why this is important is that I feel that the urge for men to share harassment stories is to defend the male gender. (This feeling is based on my own personal experiences). It's a reaction to seeing so much pain that instead of saying Men need to fix their behaviour we want to amplify voices that make it seem like it is a societal problem in general. It's much easier to talk as a male about people not harassing people than acknowledging wants contribution to the Patriarchy that makes male harassment of females widespread and severe.
By all means at some point in time the issue of harassment of men should be addressed by our society but picking the time to do that when the issue of harassment of women is at its peak visibility is not appropriate. The causes, solutions and ubiquitous of the issues are not the same. Pick a different hashtag and wait until the #metoo voices have been heard.