• dottedgreenline
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      Edit: My comment below was frustrated and more aggressive than it should have been:

      People like you are a discredit to any real men’s rights activists, and are a drain on human rights movements.

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        All because I want the law to be gender neutral? Wow.

        Heaven forbid anyone care about real world injustices that rape victims have suffered because the law doesn’t recognise them.

        I think you should take a good hard look at yourself and reflect on your statement, to be honest.

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          I agree that my tone was off, and for that I apologise. I assumed a bad faith argument based on what feels like an endless string of self-proclaimed men’s rights warriors, brought up with a warped sense of equality, people who can’t seem to wrap their heads around the collosal gap in the size of the problem that women face and try to equivocate to distract from that, so they can “have their say”. Your initial comment still reeks of that type of mentality however I look at it. The problem the article points to is overwhelmingly more important for women’s health, according to rainn.org 90% of reported rape cases are against women. Saying “what about men!” every time rape is mentioned without acknowledging this gap seems disingenuous. I will also add this edit to my initial comment. I hope this logic may help you understand why what you said was perceived as problematic.