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Originally Posted by Ammi
...I guess what I’m saying is that the resistance to the resistance...would (..appear..)..to be coming from males...and why would that be...because that ‘equal place’ which feminism continues to strive for, never had to be reached for by males..?...
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Agree completely Ammi. If I have read this right some men are questioning female intent behind the views they hold regarding self-identification of men as women - which demonstrates to me a question mark over either the intent or the understanding of the men doing this.
It demonstrates to me on the whole that they don’t really understand where we are coming from as put simply they have never been there. They don’t understand how it feels as a woman when walking alone at night and the heart-stopping moment they realise they are being followed. Even when it is just a man walking behind them - the relief when he turns off and the fear when he doesn’t. I have been in both scenarios as have many, many women.
Men simply do not understand that vulnerability which explains why so many cannot see the potential risks faced by women if any bloody man can enter an enclosed women only area, where other women may not be at that time, and a woman is alone with a potential predator. It is potentially dangerous day or night when others are not around and when there is no safety in numbers.
Why does there have to be an ulterior motive other than the very real fear of attack. The fact this may seem ludicrous to some men shows how little they get it as they have no sense of that vulnerability. I also think men struggle more with putting themselves in the shoes of others and trying to imagine how it must feel - especially if it is something they have never experienced and are unlikely to do so. In my experience most men would think little of walking in an isolated place day or night whereas most women simply wouldn’t do so with good reason.
So for me most men genuinely don’t understand, whilst others have no interest in doing so because they don’t give a cr**. That is what women face daily and is why this is such a big issue for many women.