Whether it’s as victims of sexual abuse, domestic violence, femicide, or a war they would never benefit from, women have been men’s punching bags for a long time.
For the most part, men – and especially white men – are not equal victims of gender-based violence.
It is worth getting those two facts clear right now, before we continue. For as this week’s headlines make clear, many would like to muddy those waters.
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