Since it’s women’s history month I wanna recognize the women who’ve helped men over the years. Leslie Abramson was the lawyer for the Menendez brothers. She’s someone I see rarely discussed on this sub but I believe deserves recognition for what she did as it shows a powerful reminder of how male victims of abuse are seen sometimes.

The most powerful thing she said that has relevance of today was, “If these were two little girls instead of two boys, would you feel any differently about my client? If this had been a father who sexually abused his daughters for years and those daughters finally snapped, would we even be here?” (It’s not exact but it’s a good summary).

She argued that society tends to react differently when male victims claim sexual abuse, She strongly advocated for recognizing male victims of abuse, She has repeatedly told jurors that if the victims had been daughters instead of sons, people would have reacted with more sympathy. She believed them when the judges, jurors, and media didn’t and just labeled them as cold blooded murders.

She fought hard for those men.