Calling gender violence a women's issue is part of the problem. It gives a lot of men an excuse not to pay attention.
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Let's empower men and help them take a stand to stop acts of violence against women.
Whether it's repro rights, violence against women, or just plain old vanilla sexism, most issues affecting women have one thing in common - they exist to keep women 'in their place.' To make sure that we're acting 'appropriately,' whatever that means.
As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's obligation, not just a good idea.
I've never seen a world where only men were responsible for the violence, and the women were innocent. They go together. Men and women are a violent mixture.
Most male victims of violence are the victims of other men's violence. So that's something that both women and men have in common. We are both victims of men's violence.
As women are empowered, violence can come down, for a number of reasons. By all measures, men are the more violent gender.
Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates.
Men should stop treating feminists like ladies, and instead treat them like the men they say they want to be.
The same way that racism is a white person's problem, violence against women is a men's problem.
Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be victimized by it.