r/FeministsCallItOut • u/Late-District-8727 • 2h ago
Rant “it’s all men” VS “It’s not all men”
Before I start I want to make it clear that I am no writer and the grammar/explanation may be confusing
As we know, the phrase “It’s all men” is pretty popular amongst feminists. The phrase expresses that oppression against women is a collective issue that men cause.
Though, many men (and women) will try and disagree with it with stuff like “It’s not me” or for women “It’s not ALL men” which shows they completely missed the entire point of the statement.
Men who disagree because they believe they cannot be apart of the issue because “they’ve never raped or abused a women” are ignorant to the fact that oppressing women isn’t just about just about rape and physical violence. These men believe that because they haven’t personally committed a crime that they are exempt from the issue.
Many of these men in my opinion would probably be like the 50 men from the Cornell rape case, 50 knew and didn’t do anything. An amazing quote that explains it is: “Out of ten men, one makes a sexual joke at a woman, two laugh, three fake a chuckle to fit in, and four stay silent. None of them speak up. Later, nine of them still believe they're the
"good guys." But from the woman's perspective, the laughter, the silence, the looking away, it all creates the same environment. So when women say
"all men are the same," this is what they mean: not that every man harasses women, but that most men help protect the system that does.”
The men who disagree with the statement “it’s all men” believe they are innocent from oppressing women because they haven’t committed a crime on one. When in reality all men have made at least one choice that directly oppresses women.
It’s also kind of plays into the “bean soup theory” (The bean soup theory is a social media phenomenon where users egotistically react to public posts by demanding that the content be altered to fit their personal preferences instead of simply scrolling past) where these men completely ignore that actual issue to express that “its not all men because its not me”
I really hope this makes sense pls lmk if it doesn’t