Freeborn Adam

The following came, via twitter, from a woman friend @hannahnicklin whose arm is currently in plaster. She has apparently been receiving comments, from “men”, generally over 50, on a near daily basis that go along the lines

Man 1: makes a ‘you’re sexy’ growling noise. Man 2: eh, you wanna be careful, she’s got a cast on her arm, she’s sorted. Hilarity ensues.

Some of the responses to this post seemed to indicate that some men feel as if they need to apologise for this behaviour. I want to make it clear, to those who indulge in such hilarity, that I feel no need to apologise for your behaviour in any way shape of or form. I barely relate to you as being of the same species as me, let alone the same gender. “Men” who find humour in the intention infliction of harm on another by virtue of gender, or indeed any other characteristic, have no place in a reasonable society. There was a day when we could simply open the gates and turf you out and let nature take its selective course, but unfortunately those days are gone. You are not men. You do not have the balls to be called men. You are simply a waste of the valuable space you occupy.

There was a humourous note to all this

“funny, do you do rape jokes too?” “wouldn’t rape you if you asked me to, luv” “I think you may have misunderstood the concept of rape,mate”

Now, that is funny. Any “men” need it explaining to them?

If you are a man and agree with my thoughts above, you might like to help make a stand by signing the UKFeminista campaign here.