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Jackson King: ‘Incidents like Elianne Andam’s death are part of a wider system of devaluing women’ , a 15-year-old school girl reportedly killed when she intervened in an argument between her friend and an ex-boyfriend. While exactly what happened will be determined by the court, the 17-year-old attacker is said to have brought flowers and a knife with him.
A couple of examples: if you’re a gay man, do you use derogatory language about or have an irrational fear of vulvas? Your genital preferences aside have you considered the root of such behaviour in misogynistic stigmatisation of women’s bodies? You don’t have to want to f*** vaginas to have respect for them! And frankly, sexual desire as a determinant of how we value people and their bodies is quite indistinguishable from how many cishet men treat women.
That said, I do think it’s important to discuss what we as queer and trans men can do, particularly about violence and harassment in public spaces. Again, it’s a threat that many of us are no stranger to:
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