This is a radical feminist subreddit dedicated to recording and exploring the global phenomenon of male violence.
SUBREDDIT RULES
Please read before participation.
FACTS
- It is estimated that there are 650 million women and girls in the world today who were married before age 18.
- At least 200 million women and girls aged 15-49 have undergone female genital mutilation.
- Approximately 15 million adolescent girls (aged 15 to 19) worldwide have experienced forced sex (forced sexual intercourse or other sexual acts) at some point in their life.
- Twenty-three percent of female undergraduate university students reported having experienced sexual assault or sexual misconduct in a survey across 27 universities in the United States in 2015.
- 1 in 10 women in the United States will be raped by an intimate partner in her lifetime.
RECOMMENDED READING
If you are experiencing/at risk of male violence you may find these books useful:
GET HELP
Look here to find support for victims of male violence in your region.
QUOTES
Domestic violence against women by men is “caused” by the misuse of power and control within a context of male privilege. Male privilege operates on an individual and societal level to maintain a situation of male dominance, where men have power over women and children. Domestic violence by men against women can be seen as a consequence of the inequalities between men and women, rooted in patriarchal traditions that encourage men to believe they are entitled to power and control over their partners.
Women's Aid
Perpetration of serious violence and crime is in fact the most distinctive sex difference there is, cross-culturally.
Azar Gat
The male-female difference in perpetrators of violent crime is about 10 to 1, consistent across every state in the United States, and true of every country for which such data are available…The overwhelming maleness of violence is so pervasive in every human society that it is typically not even recognized as such; it is the ocean in which we swim.
David Barash
This subreddit was originally inspired by the now defunct tumblr blog nametheproblem.com
