"Rape Revenge - Rates Of Failure
We have stacked the odds against hope. How many of my friends are in
abusive relationships? How many men in bands I love are rapists?
Everyone I know is a survivor. When does it end.
Sometimes it seems like every woman I know has been sexually abused,
like all my friends in relationships are treating each other like
shit, and abusing each other. We like to believe that punks are
immune to intimate violence, but actually we seems to be more prone to
it than others. No, your equality tattoo doesn’t mean you are not
going to do oppressive, misogynistic shit. No, your identity as an
anarchist doesn’t keep you from treating your partners oppressively.
I feel so much anger and sadness about the amount of abuse happening
in my community. Men need to start taking a stand against domestic
abuse, and unlearning all the behaviors promoted by rape culture. We
need to be brave enough to talk openly about abuse, and to have our
friend’s backs when they are in shitty relationships. We need to not
only resist and tear down the abuse of capitalism and colonialism, but
start building communities that are healthy and free from intimate
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