#callthemmen

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Ok so I have something to say about this reoccuring commentary about abusers that say “What an animal/psycho/”

Ok... so we have this thing were we humans want to dehumanize men who commit crimes against women and children.

What I want you to do instead is call them MEN! MEN did this! Calling them animals or monsters diverts from the fact that men are being men, living in our society, collectivly not taking responsebility. Even though we know men are generally the abuser. There is this saying i’ve heard latly “Everybody knows a victim but nobody knows an abuser.” Beacuse of our culture we are brainwased to have this moment of doubt about men being abusers.

It has to do with the fact that we say “Those who hit women dont deserve to be called men.” (Im from sweden and that is what I hear all the time, it might vary depending where you are from but you get the idea.) The saying implies that ‘man’ is the positive ideal that you want to be. Kind of like a trademark where if you do not have the right ingreadients you can not be this good thing called man. So when we are surprised by mens horrible actions our culture says “well they are not men! So no one has to take any collective responsibility for that, we brush it under the carpet. The animal/monster/not a real man is not like us good men. Real men are genltemen”

This is not just a way to dehumanize abusers but also to emasculate them! The more we do this to men who rape/abuse/murder people, the more the not-all-men peeps out there can slide trough that responibility.