History of Feminism

No one deserves to have their boundaries crossed like that.

It strikes me how much harder we are on men who are victims of harassment and sexual assault and rape. If the perpetrator is a man, homophobia is added to the mix, and the victims are denied their masculinity, because a "real" man wouldn't be a victim. If the perpetrator is a woman, well, then, the victim is told he should be grateful for the violation, that he should have wanted it, and that he has no cause for complaint.

For women, on the other hand, the horror is in the ubiquity of sexual harassment and assault. There's nary a woman who doesn't have battle stories to tell of street harassment, of having to avoid a handsy guy at work or party, to straight up assault and rape. So many women are raped and assaulted that we know we are not alone, even when we feel alone. Men, on the other hand, are truly isolated when they are the victims, especially because they had reasonable belief that they were safe, something women know they never are.