Is HuffPo Suggesting That More Sexual Assaults Against Men Would Balance the Scales? | PJ Lifestyle: Last Wednesday was “Women’s Equality Day,” but not all cries of gender discrimination are created equal.
In her article commemorating the special day (“7 Things To Know If You Think Women Are Equal To Men”), Huffington Post Deputy Editor Nina Bahadur wrote:
According to the CDC, an estimated 1 in 5 women in the United States has been raped in their lifetime, compared to 1 in 71 men. We need to put an end to all sexual assault — and understanding the gender discrepancy in the victims is one step towards elimination. (Emphasis added.)
Bahadur’s blanket call to end “all sexual assault” on both genders is a welcome reminder that equality means equality and not, say, toplessness, as so many women in Times Square construe.
But how is “understanding the gender discrepancy in the victims” a step toward eliminating sexual assault, as Bahadur claims?
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