For those of you who didn't notice, there was a misogynist terrorist attack in Toronto the other day. To those who think I'm exaggerating: I dearly wish I was.https://www.vox.com/world/2018/4/25/17277496/incel-toronto-attack-alek-minassian …
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The vehicular attack in Toronto was, according to the perpetrator's own words, part of a "rebellion" against women's right to choose their own sexual partners.http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43883052 …
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Like all forms of terrorism, Incel terrorism can instil rage and a desire for retaliation. But like other forms of terrorism, it must be defeated by attacking evil ideas instead of broken people.
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We as a society need to uncouple in our minds a man's value as a person from his sexuality. Gender norms cut both ways, and men have so much to gain by fighting the established culture.
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Please don't dismiss this as some radical feminist diatribe. I encourage you to criticize strains of feminism that blame men as a group for sexism. But we cannot accept the opposite extreme either.
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Identity groups matter, but only because they contain individuals who can be hurt by their membership in the group. This is true for sexism, racism, and any other "-ism" you care to recognize.
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Man, woman, or anything else, it is in everyone's interest to reject prejudice and embrace the messy nature of identity. In so many cases, people's lives depend on it.
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