Tsipi Erann says she wants to see a “me too” campaign by men.
“Me too – I pressured a woman into sex when she first said no”
“Me too – I catcalled a girl walking down the street”
“Me too – I stuck my tongue down her throat even though she made no indication she was into it”
“Me too – I touch women a lot, but it’s just friendly, amirite?”
“Me too – I was a ‘clumsily inept’ teenager who made ‘bad passes’ and now there are any number of women who have *that* memory from their youth”
“Me too – I got her drunk with the intent of getting her into bed”
“Me too – I lied to or manipulated women in order to get laid”
“Me too – I had sex with someone too inebriated to give consent”
and even –
“Me too – I went bragging about it to my friends, and then we all slutshamed her”
“Me too – I have called women bitches, slags, hoes, sluts, ‘mattresses’, or any other demeaning name based on sexuality”
“Me too – I have shamed women for their body shape or physical attributes”
“Me too – I have expressed the opinion that if women dressed differently, weren’t so loose, or took better safety precautions they wouldn’t have been raped or harassed”
“Me too – I have been part of “boy culture” in which girls are targets to be gotten”
“Me too – rape jokes are funny! Get a sense of humour”
Anyway, the list is potentially infinite. So I expect to see a really active campaign… What, no? Cuz I dunno, women have been saying “me too” for a really long time now, and we still get “but it isn’t most men”.
Tsipi Erann is a queer, vegan, intersectional feminist activist from Israel/Occupied Palestine. Activities she has spearheaded include the Tel Aviv SlutWalk and WikiWomen TLV, with the aim to close the gender gap in Wikipedia.
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