A Culture of Violent Entitlement

Posted by Melissa McEwan at Monday, October 27, 2014
[Content Note: Guns; death; misogynist violence; male entitlement to women.]

For those who aren't on Twitter, and/or would like a discussion space for this idea, I had a few things to say this weekend about the culture of violent entitlement which underwrote the MPHS shooting, in which a young man shot a young woman who wouldn't date him, so here they are:

screen cap of tweet authored by me reading: 'When, WHEN, are we going to have a serious conversation about men's violent entitlement toward women?'
screen cap of tweet authored by me reading: 'Dear Men: YOU DON'T OWN WOMEN. '
[Link in tweet goes to this piece.]

screen cap of tweet authored by me reading: 'This, too, is misogynist terrorism. That women cannot have agency or assert a right of consent or draw boundaries without fear of violence.'
screen cap of tweet authored by me reading: 'The next time you hear some asshole complaining about 'bitches' mixed signals,' think about the women who die for saying no unequivocally.'
screen cap of tweet authored by me reading: 'The next time you hear some rape apologia about women who 'don't fight back,' think about the women who die just for SAYING NO.'
screen cap of tweet authored by me reading: 'The next time you hear some victim-blaming shit about a DV victim who 'didn't leave,' think about the women who die for turning down a date.'
screen cap of tweet authored by me reading: 'And if you have even the tiniest, infinitesimal urge to say Not All Men, tell me instead: HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHICH MEN?'
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