That wasn't at all what I tried to communicate, actually. My brother's homophobia, and the resulting discussion about *why* he was homophobic, got me thinking about how many men (not all, by any means) really don't understand what it means (posted to What boys can learn from girls... )
-my shift key is broken, so i can't capitalize my sentences- as a woman who has actually reported a sexual assault, i think that in general our impression of how female rape victims are treated and the actual experiences of (posted to What boys can learn from girls... )
Awesome post! I can understand how your brother is homophobic...even to the point where he would say that since you're a girl, you don't understand. I think his fear stems directly from male/female relationships.... Like, for a girl, if a (posted to What boys can learn from girls... )
I love your post! Thank you for sharing your experiences with us. It truly is insightful. Being a woman is hard, having to deal with all that crap from men. I've always felt that us women are disadvantaged just because (posted to What boys can learn from girls... )
Probably it is more like not distinguishing between "objectifying" and "sexualising". If objectification is really sexualisation + power, it is just sexualisation, since we all have some power (at the very least, while women seem to feel pretty powerless in (posted to What boys can learn from girls... )
Agreed. I still remember the day I suddenly realized that the reason many men I knew were so homophobic was because they couldn't handle the idea of unwanted attention from a man. Many of whom would call a woman a (posted to What boys can learn from girls... )
