Writer at The Guardian takes rape of male by female seriously. In other news, hell has frozen over.

TheCitizenAct · 2015-07-12T22:06:13+00:00

So a woman writes an article about a male issue from the perspective of a woman and in response to a woman's letter?

Hmmm, I'm pretty sure they've tried to lynch men for far less. Hell, Tim Stanley isn't even allowed to discuss the topic of abortion at the most prestigious University in the world. http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/i-helped-shut-down-an-abortion-debate-between-two-men-because-my-uterus-isnt-up-for-their-discussion-9867200.html

ThePigmanAgain · 2015-07-12T22:12:04+00:00

Hell hasn't frozen over. They're discussing the issue because this particular case is negatively affecting a woman. Just like workplace deaths were no big deal until the % of women dying rose. None of it is coming from an area of concern for men.

levelate · 2015-07-13T02:08:07+00:00

meh, this is not so sympathetic to men as the title suggests.

he is a man, with a girl friend, he OWES her sex (and of course a myriad of other things....), ergo, she must still get sex, and his feelings are secondary to her desires.

KickedToTheTop · 2015-07-12T21:43:07+00:00

I don't actually think this is that surprising for the Guardian. It's a typical "Good Men Project" piece written by and for post-menopausal women who understand cats better than they understand men. Any man reading the linked article will chuckle immediately at the bizarre and surreal point of view it has on the issue of violence against men.

Men are not the same as women, and they do not recover from problems or deal with problems the same way as women. Trying to treat this kind of problem (a violent relationship) in the same way as a woman would is stupid, and any guy reading the article knows it, because it frankly sounds comic.

I think we are getting way off track by praising Good Mangina Project menopause-journalism. Men do not need women to start thinking of us just like we were also women - we need legal protections, reproductive rights, and spaces where we can talk about our problems with other men, and places where we can read about male problems from a male perspective.

triangleman83 · 2015-07-13T13:57:51+00:00

How can I uncomplicate sex in his mind?

Dear Guardian, men obviously can't be affected by sexual trauma like women are, how can I tell him to man up?

ThePigmanAgain · 2015-07-12T21:02:04+00:00

"In the meantime, try to let him be the one to initiate, to chose when and where, to decide on the style and so on. This might be difficult for you – and you must certainly stop him if he oversteps your boundaries – but it may initially help to soothe his anxiety and fear."

Sigh.

Ricwulf · 2015-07-12T22:38:30+00:00

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Rethgil · 2015-07-15T19:11:39+00:00

Dont get your hopes up-this is no ordinary writer, she is not staff, she is the wife of famed comedian Billy Connelly, who publicly admitted being abused sexually as a child. She used to be a comedian and was a regular on Saturday Night Live at one point, but quit to become a therapist.

Im not knocking her, just pointing out that she is a very lone, singular voice with a fame cache, which is why The Guardian published what she said. No way would they ever regularly employ anyone else who said such things as it doesnt "sell to the feminists" and that's all that advertisers, and thus corporations care about now.

Great that she spoke up, but dont take it as any kind of indication of change in either that paper, or social attitudes. Sadly.

Title	Writer at The Guardian takes rape of male by female seriously. In other news, hell has frozen over.
Author	ThePigmanAgain
Upvotes	153
Comments	25
Date	July 12, 2015 8:59 PM UTC (11 years ago)
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