good opinion piece today on the CBC website, by Jessica Goddard.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/respo...ndal-1.4380981
"Why do we expect total self-flagellation from men in the wake of sexual assault scandals?
Even if you're doing nothing wrong, the message is you're still responsible for the behaviour of other men"
"The notion that women are fragile and vulnerable and in constant need of the protective, corrective action of men around them is counterproductive and insulting.
Every single guy out there is not responsible for the behaviour of certain criminals just because they happen to share a gender. Nor should they be asked to carry a collective guilt over the actions of people they have never met and crimes they did not know were occurring.
The assumption that the way to be an "ally" is to live every day preoccupied with defending the honour and status of women feeds into the idea that women will always be damsels in perpetual distress. That's not the way we come to recognize men and women as equals"