A political post

My friend brought up this amazing point that I would like to speak about. Recently there was a controversy surrounding Fox Network, because some men were saying that the reason for the high divorce rates and economic distress in modern days, is due to the high number of women in the workforce, and as the primary breadwinners for their families.

The logic was, there is more divorce because the women should be at home taking care of the family, and because she isn’t, the men can’t handle it and they want a divorce.

Now, let’s look at rape culture. Common thought is that women ask to be raped because of how they dress or act, because the men are physiologically incapable of controlling themselves. I heard it all the time in church too regarding modesty. If you show too much cleavage or shoulder, the men won’t be able to focus on school, work, God, etc. and it will be your fault.

On the surface, it seems like women are getting the abuse, blame, scorn, etc. But really think about it. What are attitudes like this saying? That men are petty, immature, driven by biological urges, animalistic, and incapable of functioning as normal human beings on their own without the help of women.

Fox is essentially saying that men are not able to raise children, that they are too lazy, brutish, selfish to do so. And rape culture dictates that men are animals, that they cannot help but rape, and think about boobs all day and then fail school because of it.

From a woman’s standpoint, we’re all calling BS on stuff like this for being offensive and ridiculous. But men need to start calling BS on this too. Men are being labeled as animals, and creatures so petty that if a woman makes more money than he does, he has no choice but to bail out of the relationship.

Men, do you realize this? On the surface, the blame is to the women, but when you look deeper, it’s all really blaming you for being stupid. And guess what? You aren’t.

It’s time for men to stand up for themselves too.

H.B.