
Posting on social media doesn’t mean that you actually support the cause or victim. There’s a lot of performative activism with this rn, I’d prefer seeing everyone (men included) start questioning universities they are affiliated with about their protocols and processes for helping victims of SA to help victims get justice at every school.
It’s moreso a matter of what am I really supposed to do. I live in a blue state, I don’t associate with frat bro types, I have excommunicated friends over rapey jokes, I have had long discussions about this case with many women in my life, and I am content to leave it there unless there is some other call to action where my input actually does anything. I’m truly unsure what posting about a case everybody is already aware of on yikyak would do for the victim.
I fear that men aren’t as concerned with horrific cases of SA bc they see it happening to them as a demographic. Thus they’re less likely to demand justice or change. I also think men are primed to fear being falsely accused & don’t like being lumped in with rapists. So they’re more likely to dismiss/belittle/disbelieve witness testimony.