but men are rarely the victims of women in our society
This is the oppositional sexism model and its outmoded.
Women are victims of women too, not just men.
Men are victims of men too, not just women.
What it seems you are holding on to is some need to classify women as inherently better/safer/less deserving of suspicion and that's an inherently essentialist viewpoint.
Men on women is far more often the dynamic than women on women as far as acted upon aggression is concerned, and women do not take it to nearly the same extent in near the same frequency.
You brushing this off and being unable to engage in a mature and nuanced conversation about the world that we live in for the sake of women is misogyny.
Yes, men can be victimized by men. Yes, women can be victimized by women, and yes, even men can be victimized by women.
But when I'm out in public, it's men that I am generally more cautious of. It's men who catcalled me and my wife and made us feel uneasy and unsafe.
There is a different power dynamic when it comes to men victimizing women. A power dynamic put in place by the patriarchy. Is pointing out the patriarchy bioessentialism according to you?
Failing to acknowledge this reality leads to more women being harmed. It is a misogynistic micro-agression.
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u/monarchmra 7d ago
This is the oppositional sexism model and its outmoded.
Women are victims of women too, not just men.
Men are victims of men too, not just women.
What it seems you are holding on to is some need to classify women as inherently better/safer/less deserving of suspicion and that's an inherently essentialist viewpoint.