"Ignoring male rape not only neglects men, it also harms women by reinforcing a viewpoint that equates 'female' with 'victim', thus hampering our ability to see women as strong and empowered. In the same way, silence about male victims reinforces unhealthy expectations about men and their supposed invulnerability."
According to Sars, "feminism" is what it says it is in the dictionary: n (1895) 1 : the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes. I'm sure that includes the knowing that women are deserving of the same respect, as humans, that men are.
What about the knowing that people come in many and varied flavors and those don't fall down easily drawn lines of distinction? The knowing that who you love and how you love are between you and your lovers, because that you love is where God works? Because it isn't true that we're all the same underneath. The point is that we are all different and deserve to be treated with respect anyway. We all come from the same creator, whatever you believe that creator to be. Love makes us all precious.
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