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In reply to the discussion: No, I will not feel gender guilt [View all]TorchTheWitch
(11,065 posts)that don't want to bother their "beautiful minds" thinking about rape. After all, it's not something men generally have bothered to think about before seeing as they never had to change their behavior because of it, fear it, nor live their lives according to how prevalent it is. I'm willing to bet though that if you had to live your life that way while knowing that 1 in 5 of your gender would be traumatized by rape you'd be making damn sure that every thread here would be railing about how to stop it.
No one has asked you to feel guilt nor expected you to. If you're feeling it, then perhaps that's a good thing seeing as guilt tends to foster understanding and change outlook. It's about time that men bothered their minds about what life is in a world full of rape for over half the world's population. Had they ever bothered before then we wouldn't be living in such a world, now would we? But that's not something you want to bother your mind about since it's not something that is ever likely to effect you personally for no other reason than the privilege of your gender.