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Ara Bambi Nigeria Builder in Training @ Federal University of Technology, Akure
In People and Society • 2 min read •
SACRED THINGS SHAMEFUL THINGS: NOT ALL MEN, BUT IT'S ALWAYS A MAN
<p>I read an insight today it was titled the cost of misogyny.</p><p><br/></p><p>In the insight the argument focused on how unfairly men are treated as suspects but the writer seemed to overlook why women became so suspicious in the first place.</p><p><br/></p><p>Men refuse to accept it's not all men but in reality it's always a man.</p><p><br/></p><p>"Not all men" doesn't erase the fact that many of the dangers women face are associated with men.</p><p><br/></p><p>Funny how men are not ready to talk about misogyny.</p><p><br/></p><p>But are so ready when it comes to misandry.</p><p><br/></p><p>Most don't even understand what misandry means instead they interchange it with feminism.</p><p><br/></p><p>They say feminists hate men.</p><p><br/></p><p>Feminists don't necessarily hate men.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not all feminists but it's always a feminist can you hear how silly that sounds.</p><p><br/></p><p>Overall misandry should be allowed to exist without being treated as a personal attack on men.</p><p><br/></p><p>After all men hate women as well.</p><p><br/></p><p>It shows in their mannerism.</p><p><br/></p><p>Their words.</p><p><br/></p><p>Their actions.</p><p><br/></p><p>Thei quick name calling and degoratory terms.</p><p><br/></p><p>The crimes committed against women.</p><p><br/></p><p>The way they think.</p><p><br/></p><p>The stupid little laws they come up with and the government that approves them.</p><p><br/></p><p>As a woman when I talk about my experiences I'm expected to distinguish good from bad men.</p><p><br/></p><p>It's not all men they say.</p><p><br/></p><p>But how am i supposed to know which category a stranger belongs to just by looking at him?</p><p><br/></p><p>Am I supposed to assume every man is harmless until he gives me a reason not to?</p><p><br/></p><p>And what happens when that reason comes too late?</p><p><br/></p><p>"It's not all men", but it's always a man.</p><p><br/></p><p>Society expects me not to anticipate the worst about men yet I should anticipate the worst before it happens to me.</p><p><br/></p><p>In the end I get blamed for visiting him, for going there, for wearing that, for trusting him.</p><p><br/></p><p>They'd blame me and ask why ignored the signs.</p><p><br/></p><p>But which signs exactly????</p><p><br/></p><p>I don't have the luxury of knowing someone's intentions before interacting with them.</p><p><br/></p><p>So I'd rather stay cautious.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not because every man is guilty but because i cannot afford to assume every man is harmless.</p><p><br/></p><p>And because caution is the only protection I have against dangers I cannot predict.</p><p><br/></p><p>Is it fair to judge an individual man based off the action of others?</p><p><br/></p><p>Is it safe to give an unfamiliar man the benefit of the doubt or to assume he poses no threats?</p><p><br/></p><p>Am I being unfair to a harmless man?</p><p><br/></p><p>Or am I protecting myself from something I just can't afford to ignore?</p>

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