I'm Not Expendable, And I'm Not Going
Dec. 4th, 2009 01:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
This article at TV Tropes, "Men are the Expendable Gender" was really illuminating for me in terms of how a lot of people I've known view violence against women vs. violence against men . . .
(Of course, there are obvious reproductive reasons why this double standard takes hold in cultures. 5 men and 100 women can produce a lot more babies than 100 men and 5 women...)
(Of course, there are obvious reproductive reasons why this double standard takes hold in cultures. 5 men and 100 women can produce a lot more babies than 100 men and 5 women...)