Just wanted to share this rhetorical device with everyone.

After the disgusting exploitation of Sarah Everard's murder and the misandry it created, it has been very common to see "But it's men doing the attacking" when you mention the fact that men are twice as likely to be attacked by a stranger or murdered.

This is victim blaming because it's not ultimately about the gender of the attacker but the gender of the VICTIM. We know this because if the attacker was male and the victim was female, it's considered Worthy of Empathy by the ctrl-left but if the attacker is still male, but the victim is male this time, then it's NBD.

It's clear, unapologetic victim-blaming. Imagine being murdered knowing that society will care less about your death because you share a gender with your attacker. It rends my heart.

It's also embracing traditional gender norms in the expectation that all men are supposed to protect all women and so any women being harmed is a failure of all men.

When did we become Neo-Victorian?