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Originally Posted by Thor
Its simply the same idiots who chant #alllivesmatter when BLM is protesting.
The #metoo campaign has been about the systematic abuse that has been place of men in power over women abusing their positions of authority, and of course it has branched off from that to other more general issues of abuse for girls, women and of course men.
I can't say I have seen any of the men who have posted their stories on FB being attacked for it.
But for me the whole thing has been very powerful because its creating a huge discussion everywhere, from family dinners, to at work places and that ultimately is I think the whole point as there is clearly a major issue that it seems people underestimate the size and scope of the problem.
Hopefully it does some good, I think it already has simply by becoming this massive discussion happening all over the world.
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I know I learned quite a lot about a lot of things when I was in school for interior design. Because I was the only guy in my class, I was one of the defacto people that others felt comfortable to talk about the horrible things that went on in their life because I wasn't one of the girls and they felt comfortable sharing. Also, I'm a good listener and give good advice generally so a number of people in the class would ask about things and I was taken aback by how prevalent some of the nastiness was in terms of abuse. Family members abusing them or them discussing what their boyfriends or other males in their lives were doing and if that was normal (most of the time that was a clear no).
I felt horrible learning how prevalent it was. So I tend to believe things when stories come out about certain people are abusing their power to be disgusting, Harvey Weinstein, Donald Trump, Bill Cosby and a whole host of others are awful people. Educating people on what happens will do nothing but help to slowly change people's perspective. There will always be the types that lag behind the times and you can't change them (trump voters that still support him for example) but you can make them an ever dwindling minority.