134 - Male Feminist

Today I decided to go my own way and attend the Toronto Slut Walk. So there I was standing in the middle of crowd of about three hundred, feminists, lesbians, transgender people and even male feminists. Yes you heard me right, male feminists. This was the first time I had seen a male feminist in action speaking to a crowd. The man I'm referring to Jeff Perera and I'm going to show everyone of clip of him in just a moment. But first I want to give you a bit of background on him. He's a Community Engagement Manager for White Ribbon an organization created to end sexual violence on Universities in the Canadian province of Ontario. It sounds good on the surface but spending a few minutes going through the website I came across some postcards that were promoting the idea of rape culture but using a different angle. I'm adding a link in the description below so you can see it for yourself. Now I'll read to you what some of the cards say on them. The first one has a men's sports jacket and on the back it says "No Means Try Harder." And the words Frosh Culture are posted above it. Then the second one is titled Sports Culture and below that it says "A Teammate on your school sports team is accused of sexual misconduct, Do you still cheer him on? And on the back of the postcard it says tell your teammate he is not welcomed. So based on this advice on these cards I take it that simply being accused means that if your teammate has an accusation either real or fake laid upon his reputation you're supposed to turn your back on him. What about a trial, evidence, due process? I would turn my back on a friend if he was a rapist. But if one of my friends was accused of rape I'm sure they would tell me the truth if I asked and if they were proven wrong legally then I would never forgive them. And it's not hard to see how the phrases Frosh Culture and Sports Culture could be turned into rap culture easily. There is even a series of videos on white ribbons website called consent man. And no I'm not making this stuff up. This page looks like it's recruiting men to become feminists. So now that I've given you a bit of background on the organization here is the video with Jeff Perera so you can make up your own mind. And he even mentions the men's rights movement in it. Enjoy!

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