Why do feminists ignore violence against men ?

Question

I cannot understand the thinking of our social lobby groups.
For every one woman that has a violence committed against her..... 3 men do.
Men suffer from violent assult 3 times more than women do, yet no one seems to give a toss about them.
So if I am assaulted, does that make it less of a crime because I hail from the same demographic as my assailant?

Answer 1

I think you are a woman-hater and it is obvious that you are not getting any.

Answer 2

I just noticed those statistics last night on the FBI crime stats site. And I think I'm guilty of the thinking that you criticize above. In fact, I'm not sure I give a hoot about gang violence which takes the lives of a lot of young men. Children under 18 didn't commit many of the crimes yet they were often the victims and that mattered to me.

I don't think the focus of the feminist agenda is the male just like male heart researchers don't put forth an appropriate effort looking at female heart disease.

I assume that the suburban male psychologist across the street probably faces the same risks as I do. It is the men who live life in a bar hanging out with other violent-prone losers that face the greater risk.

The real problem is that the violent criminals are predominately male. What can we do to correct this male problem? Is it hormonal? Is it due to substance abuse? Are men impulsive? Do they need to think rather than act on emotion? I'm not blaming men for creating this problem since women have a hand in raising men and much of it may be biological.

Answer 3

For a long time, people do not really care about the violence against women. In fact, women are seen as the weaker sex, the object of men's desire and in fact seen as just a plaything. In a few countries, people still view females as such.

There are still many instances where young women are tricked or sold into prostitution - larger number than males. Victims of sex-related offences are mostly females too. Those who suffered most and have to bear with bigger responsibilities after these crimes are usually...and unfortunately are the female victims.

Feminists are people who abhorred such treatments against women and as part of their agenda, they are definitely more enraged by violence against women.

However, it does not mean that violence against men is tolerable. Yet, men have a higher chance of protective themselves against women. Most men are stronger than the average female. However, with weapons abound, violence against males are getting rampant. If you as a male gets assaulted, it does not make it less of a crime......but how do you solve this problem...stand up for yourself...take the first move to defend yourself. It takes time to change the mindset of the society...it is even slower if you yourself don't do anything about it.

Answer 4

The cause of feminists is women. Nobody has ever pretended otherwise. If men need some more awareness of something they must deal with then they need to do something to create that awareness, the way women have done.

You probably have no idea of how many issues there are that are related to women. Feminism doesn't have time to expand out into men's causes. Feminists don't ignore it. They just don't include it when they are lobbying for women.

Answer 5

Well, I think it's because most violence is seen as being committed by men. SO if you file a report for being jumped by a group of kids you'll likely just say assault. But if the woman is jumped they'll say assault against a woman because women are seen as weaker and less capable of fighting back, which may be the case when some men are targeted too. but now we are realizing that women hit, kick, punch and yell as much as men do.

Answer 6

They don't necessarily. Feminism and being solely concerned with women's issues aren't the exact same thing- I'd identify with the former more than the latter, because I'd call myself a "third-wave" feminist (a coin termed by feminist writer Kristeva): interested in the means by which gender is constructed in society.

Many 'second-wave' feminists (of the sort you seem to be referring to) do, in fact, rely more on outdated conceptions of absolute and natural gender differences than they would like to confess.

Answer 7

Even as a woman, I think feminists are hands-down ridiculous. No, they don't take that into account. They seem to think that there are still unfair hiring practices in workplaces, when in fact THEY'RE given the advantage in almost all situations. If two engineers applied for a job and one was a woman, even if she was less qualified than the man, she'd more than likely get the job. Unfair? Please. More like unfair advantage. It's the same thing with all affirmative action everywhere. Someone gets a 1200 on his SAT and gets into college over someone who scored a 1550 just because he's a member of a minority group.

Anyways, that's just my ranting on a tangent. As for your question, when men are assaulted, it's far less of a news story because society still sees women who get attacked as helpless victims. You have to admit it's more likely for a man to be able to hold his own against assailants. When women get attacked, it's usually not just because someone wants to rob her; the attackers will have other things in mind too, and rape is far more of a heinous crime than just robbery (or even gang-related violence). But the feminist arguments are ridiculous, I agree. If you whine about equal rights all over the place then hey, you'll be required to register for service just like men do.

Answer 8

Violence against men does seem glorified on TV and in movies.
Take Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Real crap TV) for instance.
It's mainly males Buffy beats up or kills. She also does a lot of kicks to the groin. If a male Vampire Slayer did this to a female vampire there would be merry hell.

Answer 9

We're waiting for the meninist's group to do that because they will understand the victims better than we women would.

On a serious note, it this reported to authorities as much as violence against women is? Maybe the male victims themselves do not reach out. It's up to you men, really, to work on this issue.

Answer 10

"In the United States, researchers estimate that between 21% and 34% of women will be physically abused at least once in their lifetime...Statistics probably underestimate the actual incidence of wife abuse, which tends to be underreported due to shame, fear, and the belief that nothing would be done about it."

"Women are much more likely to sustain physical injury than to inflict it, and their aggressive acts are often done in self-defense."

No one should be subjected to violence in any form. Whether the abuser is male or female. But because the physical abuse of women is a symptom of sexist oppression in our society, feminists pay attention to it.

I don't know where you got your statistic from but if you are going to use one that fantastical at least cite a source.

Answer 11

You just forget one thing...

All special interest groups care only about themselves... never anybody else.

Special interests only care about other causes to the extent that it helps there cause.

I do some work for a Pro-Life website... I got an email from the director telling me to stop supporting Google because they don't give money to Pro-Life groups... I checked out Google's public grant page and I saw plenty of groups that supported poor children and children with disabilities.

Anyhow, my point is... special interest only care about themselves. That goes for oil companies, environmentalists, military contractors, teacher's unions, auto manufactuers, as well as homeless advocates.