"What about the men that get raped?"

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thefinerthingsinlife · 04/11/2010 15:59

Whilst talking about Reclaim the Night to a friend, a male asked what it was about I explained, he then questioned "what about all the men that get raped and are victims of domestic violence??" I explained to him that I think that only 3% of men are victims and the stats are roughly the same for Dv (i'm not a 100% that these stats).

He then said "I thought you believed men and women are equal therefore Reclaim should be about men victims too"

I didn't really know what to say to this so can someone give me some guidence

Thanks

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scurryfunge · 04/11/2010 16:11

Tell him that men are already taken care of in the judicial system and women need to represented as their rights are traditionally ignored.

scurryfunge · 04/11/2010 16:09

Men can offer support by joining the London pro-feminist Men's group and march too.

MadamDeathstare · 04/11/2010 16:09

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sethstarkaddersmum · 04/11/2010 16:09

point out that men are welcome to organise their own marches and other events to raise awareness about male rape and domestic violence victims but you happen to be marching for women.

and tell him he is a cheeky fucker for telling women how to run their liberation campaign and that it is a bit rich to expect women to do all the work of sorting out male rape given that it is men that do the raping.

Lougle · 04/11/2010 16:05

I agree with him.

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