Teaching respect and consent should be gender neutral.

132 points38 commentssubmitted by DeepIsland8373 to r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates

I always see this type of comment from some people :

" I taught him to respect women and their choices.I taught him to respect girls his age and that "No!' meant No" "

I think this is verry harmful, teaching boys specifically to respect girls and their boundry implies that boys are a problem not humans, make boys feel unwelcome, that men and masculinity is a medical condition to be cured. That women are perfect and superior to men. that they can say and do whatever they want to them.

We see the result of this biased teaching of respect and consent every day. you can find negative generalizations or claims of the inferiority of men in influential (and even reputable) publications: “women are superior to men in most ways that will count in the future” (Wall Street Journal), “Are Women Better Decision Makers?” (New York Times), “Evidence of the Superiority of Female Doctors” (The Atlantic), and “Proved at last: Men really are idiots” (Los Angeles Times), “It’s Confirmed: Women are Higher Beings” (VICE). “Barack Obama says women make better leaders—and data shows he’s right” (CNBC). “Obama’s right, women are superior to men. Let me count the ways …” (The Guardian), “It’s time to come clean: All men are awful. Sorry about that” (Metro). “Washington’s biggest problem isn’t gridlock or wasted dollars — it’s men” (Los Angeles Times), “[m]en are pretty terrible people” (also refers to men’s “entitled ignorance”) (The Guardian).

I know a lot of men who were presured to have sex by women, and when they refused the woman told "aren't you a man" or "are you gay" ! some women think that men want sex all the time and can never say no.

We need to teach both men and women to respect each other. and respect the consent of the people they are involved with.

Read this heartbreaking post from 14 year old boy !

https://preview.redd.it/wthf1zfrzda51.png?width=833&format=png&auto=webp&s=779bcaac4ba47ac19b386b3b784a305e8426b930