The reason this campaign rankles is the same reason the feminist campaigns in the US piss a lot of people off.
Rather than point the finger at criminals, they seek to criminalize "masculinity" and see that as the root of evil. This is wrong.
It's not masculinity that's the problem. Masculinity is what built the whole effing society and keeps them safe. Masculinity is the cop on the beat; the volunteer firefighter risking his life; the dad raising his son right. It's an aberration, not masculinity itself, that causes criminality.
Why not paint the criminals as criminals and leave the rest of us out of it?
You're not going to "teach" a rapist not to rape. But you can teach other men to stop him. The way you do that is by praising masculinity when it's used correctly, not shaming masculinity per se. Because when you do the latter, you end up with a bunch of limp-dicked hipsters who couldn't stop a 4-year-old from stealing a tricycle much less a rapist.
Rather than point the finger at criminals, they seek to criminalize "masculinity" and see that as the root of evil. This is wrong.
It's not masculinity that's the problem. Masculinity is what built the whole effing society and keeps them safe. Masculinity is the cop on the beat; the volunteer firefighter risking his life; the dad raising his son right. It's an aberration, not masculinity itself, that causes criminality.
Why not paint the criminals as criminals and leave the rest of us out of it?
You're not going to "teach" a rapist not to rape. But you can teach other men to stop him. The way you do that is by praising masculinity when it's used correctly, not shaming masculinity per se. Because when you do the latter, you end up with a bunch of limp-dicked hipsters who couldn't stop a 4-year-old from stealing a tricycle much less a rapist.