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On Being a Woman in America While Trying to Avoid Being Assaulted
- PaulHoule 8y agoAs I man I have been assaulted and battered many times. Back when I was in college I mocked some students who were about to throw a can of shaving cream into a gay rights meeting. That put me on the "enemies" list of the anti-gay terrorists who seemed to particularly target straight people who they perceived as supporting gay rights. The reign of terror continued until they hit a man (also straight, a residence hall assistant) with a rock in the face with a catapult. The inability or unwillingness of the school to deal with the ongoing assaults led a gay man and lesbian woman to commit double suicide. (Two doors down I had a friend who was trans; people didn't mess with that person because that person was a gun fanatic.) In life in general men are frequently the target of violence, get shot by the cops, etc. For instance one time I was in a group of two men and two women and we were drinking at a bar and things started to go south and I was acutely aware that if things went any further I would be the first person to get hit because (1) I was male and (2) I was sitting on the outside.