Elle Beau ❇︎
2 min readMay 21, 2024

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Also, where exactly do you draw the line? What level of men perpetrating violence and sexual predation on others is an "acceptable" amount that you comfortably feel you can distance yourself from?

Looking at the statistics, it seems to be about 30% of men who are active perpetrators and some other unknown but extremely high percentage of men who contribute to a culture that is to a greater or lesser extent accepting of violence in general — against women and other men, coercive control of women, bonding around sexual objectification and denigration of women as a routine part of male culture, and the belief that guys are largely justified in pressuring, coercing, and not taking no for an answer in order to get sex, and the kinds of sex acts that they want - regardless of what the woman wants. At what point in your mind does culture bear co-responsibility for pervasive harm?

Young American men also report more social pressure than other nationalities to be ever ready for sex and have as many partners as possible; feel a stronger stigma against homosexuality; and receive more messages that they should conform to rigid gender roles in the home and control their female partners, even to the point of violence.

Orenstein, Peggy. Boys & Sex (p. 13). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition.

Common pickup advice suggests overpowering and controlling women, refusing to take no for an answer, and actively ignoring or circumventing their resistance. “What’s the best way to assert dominance over someone? Initiating physical contact without asking permission,” reads a typical forum post.

Bates, Laura. Men Who Hate Women (p. 69). Sourcebooks. Kindle Edition.

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Elle Beau ❇︎
Elle Beau ❇︎

Written by Elle Beau ❇︎

I'm a bitch, I'm a lover, I'm a child, I'm a mother, I'm a sinner, I'm a saint. I do not feel ashamed. I'm your hell, I'm your dream, I'm nothing in between.

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