"Walk a Mile in her Shoes." Why is there no "Walk a Mile in His Shoes"

loganizer · 2012-11-30T18:39:50+00:00

Sexualized violence does not just affect women.

Hmm...sounds promising.

It affects the men who care about them, their families, their friends, their coworkers, and their communities.

Well, nevermind.

jbates8 · 2012-11-30T15:13:44+00:00

I want to cry for some of these men. Actually walking in high heels does very little for feminist awareness. All I would get out of this is "why the hell do you walk in high heels? These things are ridiculous and making my feet feel like they'll fall off."

What's left is the humiliation factor. All the man-haters get to watch this on the news later and laugh at these misinformed men.

I also find it interesting that the men carrying the long poster seem uneducated. They seem stereotypically white-knightish. Their sole motivation for this may very well be that they think they'll be getting sex. They certainly seem like the type that would actively pursue that goal at any moment.

Jesus_marley · 2012-11-30T20:38:31+00:00

I have a REALLY BIG issue with this campaign of collective shaming. It completely ignores the reality that men already "walk in her shoes" given that 50% of IPV is committed by women. What this says is that violence against women is in some way worse or is more important to the point that men must ignore their own issues for those of women. Domestic violence is abhorrent in all of its forms but like a house fire, you can't stop it if you only address half of it and leave the other half to burn freely. If these campaigns were truly interested in solving the problem they would draw attention to the realities instead of perpetuating the one sided narrative that draws in the government funding. As it stands, the DV industry is dependant upon maintaining the current "man bad, women victim" narrative and will not willingly change despite 40 years of evidence contradicting the story we have been told. Currently women receive roughly 50 times (or more) the amount of funding that men receive for shelter services. To my knowledge, there are 2 publicly funded services in my entire country. One shelter in Ontario, and a crisis phone line in Nanaimo, BC.

truthjusticeca · 2012-11-30T15:54:11+00:00

Why is there no "Walk a Mile in His Shoes"

That would be a 1000 mile walk.

blueoak9 · 2012-11-30T18:58:01+00:00

"Walk a mile in her shoes" reinforces high heels as some kind of normal footwear for women. That's bullshit.

A lot of women like heels because they make them feel sexy, a little tarty - and that's great - they say, but they have the sense to wear sensible shoes most of the time. (They can here in Seattle. Women aren't pressured to wear tarty clothes as some part of a work uniform unless they work in a strip joint.)

It's one thing to wear them for fun once and a while, and when you want to, and something else entirely to be expected to wear them. Positioning high heels as a normal part of being female is not doing women any favors.

Pecanpig · 2012-11-30T18:38:59+00:00

Because my shoes aren't retarded heels, they are properly made shoes designed to be walked in.

I wonder how many women buy men's shoes?...

truthjusticeca · 2012-11-30T20:43:08+00:00

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Kuato2012 · 2012-11-30T17:42:39+00:00

Walking a mile in a man's shoes wouldn't be very grabby because most men's shoes tend to be pretty sensible. While awareness of domestic violence against men needs to be raised, doing an equal-but-opposite demonstration wouldn't work.

EpicJ · 2012-11-30T16:33:09+00:00

Isn't this basically a scam if I remember or am I thinking about something different?

pcarvious · 2012-12-01T01:51:52+00:00

No profit margin. There are specialized companies make the high heels men wear for these events. They're sold at a huge mark up because it's a guaranteed market.

Cedru · 2012-12-01T04:29:12+00:00

Or rather "drill to the center of the earth with his lungs" ...did I missed this parade?

truthjusticeca · 2012-11-30T15:08:19+00:00

Quit crying and start one. Domain names are like $10.

2012-11-30T17:59:51+00:00

Exactly!

The same way we should have a straight pride parade!

/sarcasm

Title	"Walk a Mile in her Shoes." Why is there no "Walk a Mile in His Shoes"
Author	rubberduckytr2
Upvotes	19
Comments	34
Date	November 30, 2012 2:55 PM UTC (13 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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