Seeing an image with an advertisement that had something on it about male violence against women and girls and taking action against it reminded me how much I hate not only female violence against men and boys as usual is once again ignored but that violence is even a gendered issue at all. There's male violence against women and other men and female violence against men and other women, and children of both genders endure violence from both. Good and bad exists in every demographic of people, and men and women are no different, but rampant societal misandry only ever wants to focus when it's MOF and completely ignore and trivialize FOM. You bring it up and you get the usual rebuttal of how it's like saying "all lives matter" or that MVAW is at epidemic levels and that FVAM isn't a major issue, and the usual spiel of how men never have to be in fear when out alone at night or to stop silencing women when they share their stories. I hate it.

It's not horribly ignorant and insulting to men and boys who've experienced violence from women (which definitely happens and so much higher than many realize), but also women and girls who've been victims of women as well. There's definitely many horrific instances of female on female violence that have occured, with the Shanda Sharer murder being one of the most heinous examples. The fact her killers are walking free is nothing short of sickening.

I'm sure I'm far from the only one who feels this way. It's a no-brainer to be inclusive of both male and female victims alike of violence committed by both men and women, but any female on male instances are always ignored and marginalized by misandrists. It's infuriating and disgusting.