So at church today, our pastor said something briefly about sexual assault. He said something about how the perpetrator needs to be brought to justice, even if they are forgiven. He then went on to say that "she" needs to learn to let go and forgive. Needless to say this bothered me quite a bit, because nobody here wants the reinforcement of the stereotype that women are the only victims and men are the only wrong-doers.

So I went up to him at the end of the service and told him that even though I was not a victim of sexual assault, that what he had said bothered me. I told him that I had been reading into gender issues a lot lately, and told him a little about reddit and this sub.

He apologized for it, and said that he understands that it's not only bad because it reinforces a stereotype, but that because of that stereotype, men have a much harder time admitting that they were a victim of sexual assault. He then surprised me by saying that he himself was sexually assaulted when he was a young kid (for the very, very few of you know who I, cknight18 is, please don't spread this detail). He said that he should have spoken differently, because he knows how hard it was to admit it happened.

So yeah, just thought I'd share. I've wanted to be able to actually do something for the movement, and maybe I just started moving in that direction.

EDIT: Grammar.