Not All Men

Sorry, this is a bit of a grumpy / ranty one. The UK is going through what yet another spate of news of men - at the moment, rich men, famous men, men in a position of power or authority - accused, and sometimes even convicted, of assaulting, raping, and abusing women. The reports - and those, of course, are only the ones that we know about, with intimations that there are non-disclosure agreements, perhaps even further injunctions, preventing more publications - are horrifying. I am fed up of hearing “but it’s not all men”. It’s too many men, for a start. And it is pretty much always men. Plus, there’s a dearth of men talking loudly about doing anything about it. I saw a piece today about a comedian talking about how she looked out for other comedians, and how comedians share notes on their experiences with men comedians, but I haven’t seen anything from men comedians talking about how they are standing up for / looking out for comedians, for instance. Worse, men comedians saying how…

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