Are You a Hero?

Many men on YouTube dismiss women who tell their stories of abuse by a man. The common excuse used is that the man 'must've been a sociopath.'

Considering how rare true sociopathy is, this dismissal is rather weak.

These men who abuse are everywhere. The look normal, act normal and have normal jobs.

As a woman and a feminist on YouTube, I find many other women like myself sifting through comment after comment by males who use this dismissive tactic.

• In the United States, a woman is beaten every 7.4 seconds. Approximately 3-4 million women are beaten by male partners annually.
• The Commonwealth Fund survey reported that 1.9 million women reported having been raped, and 7.6 million reported having been mugged, robbed, or assaulted in the previous 5 years.
• From 1983 to 1991, the number of domestic violence reports received increased by almost 117% (NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services, 1983 and 1991).
• Of every 1,000 pregnant women, 154 are assaulted by their partner during the first four months of pregnancy.
• During the 5th through the 9th month, 170 out of 1,000 pregnant women are assaulted.

Alli and Her Friend

I hope you find my video compassionate and real. Rape is not funny.

What particularly struck me about this is the fact that guys actually cheered the rapist on and how a young woman is blaming the victim for being raped.

This is why patriarchy is like a cancer. It teaches us gender roles. It's unspoken language is misogynous: blaming the woman for being raped and repeating the old mantra that 'boys will be boys.'

A real man doesn't rape, nor does he sit there and promote it while its occurring.

I can totally understand when Alli says not to trust anyone, and in my mind, I don't trust men. PERIOD.

I'm shaken about this incident. I feel it intensely. It's actions like this in the world that make me KNOW that feminism is absolutely necessary. When men stop hurting our bodies and our minds we won't need feminism any more, but today is not that day.

Rape in The Congo; Patriarchy Pwns Gaia; Gaia Will Avenge

PIC: Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada


Some of you may not know this but I'm deeply concerned with the rape pandemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Earlier today I was researching writings and philosophies about the Earth being a female, a la Gaia. While my connexions I'm making between Patriarchy and Gaia are relatively new, I feel they're worthwhile.

It was Gloria Steinem that brought me an understanding that everything in this world is played out on women and women's bodies. This thought is crucial to these early explorations between Patriarchy, conquest, war, Capitalism and rape.

These are early thoughts of mine but worth sharing with everyone so that I can get some feedback.





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