We are finally talking about this now eh? I lost a cousin over 12 years ago, vanished into thin air. Nobody cared. Especially the RCMP. Much like all these guys. A few posters and a lazy facebook post was all my beloved cousin ever got.
My favourite part of the article is this:
National statistics reflect a severe and often overlooked reality regarding violence against Indigenous men:
Between 1980 and 2012, Statistics Canada documented 1,750 Indigenous male homicide victims, compared to 745 Indigenous female homicide victims.
In this timeframe, 71% of all murdered and missing Indigenous people were men and boys.
According to 2020 Statistics Canada data, Indigenous men are seven times more likely to die by homicide than non-Indigenous people, and four times more likely than Indigenous women.
We hear so much about missing indigenous women. I had no idea the stat for men was 4 times higher. Why doesn’t anyone care?
There is almost certainly an active serial killer operating on the mid island for years now, and I hear random people saying this more and more. Sadly we are on our own over here it seems.
So true equality is “fuelling the gender war”, eh?
Why call feminism “equality”, then, if it is nothing of the sort?
Suggesting that men are betraying themselves by supporting feminism is fueling the gender war.
*Getting rid of gender related bias in mental healthcare is feminist.
*Removing gender-based barriers to all careers is feminist.
*Paternal leave policies are feminist.
*Government provision of comprehensive and inexpensive childcare services is feminist.
These policies directly support and help men. They improve men’s lives. Men should support them, if their goal is to increase opportunities, autonomy, and improve quality of life for other men. Other feminist policies seek to bring women’s opportunities, autonomy, and quality of life up to par with those of men, which indirectly helps men, as it helps the women around them be more capable, self-sufficient, and better community members.
Suggesting otherwise propagates an imaginary point of tension and stirs up distrust of women in young men. In other words, it fuels the gender war.
It was always a lie, they want advantages, not equality.
Fuck off. No, “they” don’t want advantages. Try speaking with a woman in real life, you might find they are normal people!