Emily Writes: The lies we tell ourselves about the sexual abuse of boys

Strikester101 · 2020-02-20T20:31:22+00:00

This is actually a good article. I would say, it is missing where some women do defend other shitty women in a similar manner as some men defend other shitty men.

Other than that, I'm impressed.

SIDE-NOTE: Have you seen my post as well? What do you think? https://www.reddit.com/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates/comments/f6tj60/comment/fi6v09j

ilikepizza2626 · 2020-02-21T03:01:35+00:00

Apparently Jaimee Marie Cooney is the first female teacher in New Zealand to be convicted and sentenced for sexual offending against students

Utter insanity. How is there not more outrage at this? A true "rape culture."

jmdenn3000 · 2020-02-21T07:09:13+00:00

It's like a mirror image each sex reacts to perps of thier own as if somehow they arent really cappible of it while questioning the legitimacy of the victim. It's very wierd

SamHanes10 · 2020-02-21T18:16:00+00:00

u/iainmf has a great comment about this article here: https://www.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/f6k8bv/sexual_abuse_of_men_and_boys_is_still_abuse_and/fi6jwyc/

This is quoted in full below:

The good news is the government is now funding support services for Male Survivors of sexual abuse. But there are a few things that I think need to change

Change the law so that rape is not defined by penetration

Change the current sentencing guidelines that treat non-penetrative ~~rape~~ unlawful sexual connection as a lesser crime. Currently, a woman who ~~rapes~~ forces a man to penetrate, with no aggravating circumstances, is recommended 2-5 years, where if the sexes are reversed the man would get 6-8 years.

Make sure female offenders don't get treated with kid gloves. Currently, they are less likely to go to court and get more lenient sentences for rate same crimes compared to men.

Repeal the law 'male assaults female' which we only still have because Amy Adams, Jan Logie and everyone else, thought it was important to keep it to show we are more serious about 'violence against women' than treating men equally.

Protect boys genitals from medically unnecessary surgery.

Changing social attitudes often starts with changes to the law.

I do get frustrated with these kinds of opinion columns which basically amount to 'can't we all just be nicer' when there are some real tangible things that need to change.

I also don't appreciate the author repeating a whole bunch of assertions about what it is like for boys and men. I doubt the spinoff would publish an article where a man explaining women's experiences to them.

I strongly agree with all this. I also have other issues with the article, like the fact that it mentions female-on-male sexual assault, but the 'solutions' largely focus on male perpetrators and female victims, same as usual.

Title	Emily Writes: The lies we tell ourselves about the sexual abuse of boys
Author	cromulent_weasel
Upvotes	26
Comments	8
Date	February 20, 2020 8:12 PM UTC (6 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates
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