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Daniel Sloss talking about holding other men accountable for abusing others. Because he failed:
"But when one in ten men are shit and the other nine do nothing, they might as well not fucking be there."
"Because if I'm being 100% honest with myself, were there signs in my friends behavior over the years towards women that I ignored? The answer is yes and that's on me until the day I die."
Sometimes we give way too many passes to our friends.
I once hosted a "women in politics" event (this is 10 years ago now). At the time, the Premier was a fairly unpopular woman. A man put his hand up and said that we've already tried the woman in charge thing and it isn't working. Why are we still at this.
Being the host, I immediately grabbed the mic and I said "When men in power screw up, we don't hold other men accountable for it, yet all women are responsible for her faults?"
The double standard that already existed is weighty.
Men are never expected to be accountable for the actions of other men.
When minorities do something bad, other minorities are expected to be accountable.
When women do something bad, other women are expected to be accountable.
The only exception to this has only ever been white men.
When white men shoot up schools, bring down banks, embezzle money... all these are exceptions and lone wolf actors. This includes abusing women.
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@onepict @CStamp Bravo!
He’s also a good author.