Actually, when I have debated on subjects such as the acceptibility and promotion of violence against males, particularly young ones (and we're not talking female-on-male specifically, just violence in general) at Cambridge University I have had many people seek me out afterwards to praise me for my eloquence. People not taking my arguments seriously is something I rarely encounter.
Well violence in general is something everybody should tackle, but I don't understand why you expressed such distain for Patrick S. expressing his own personal experiences and voicing what he supports..... at least he's supporting something towards stopping violence.
Unfortunately, people who think it is acceptable to deny the culture that encourages this violence- the same violence that was inflicted on me on a daily basis for five years while society did nothing and supported it- cause me to lose control in the manner which I did in this thread. If people can't be bothered to do what I did and weigh up all sides of an issue, handing them evidence won't matter. They'll discard it out of hand. Unless you demonstrate the desire to learn, you cannot do so.
Oh I have a desire to learn and I will be continuing to learn until I die, and even then I imagine I'll learn even more.
But I already took out plenty of my time to try and find anything online to support your argument and found nothing..... it's a bit hard for someone to learn something when the person claiming information that should be learned doesn't help those people to obtain that information to learn.
That's like telling someone who took an axe to the leg there's a first aid kit that can help them nearby, but they have to go find it themselves and you won't help them find it.
And you're not the only male in these forums who's dealt with physical and mental abuse over the years..... be that 5 years, 1 year or 23 years, it's still abuse and it's still wrong, no matter who's doing, no matter what their gender may be...... but so long as people are willing to focus on addressing whatever they possibly can towards such violence, be that gender based, relationship based, school based, family based, whatever.... so long as people are willing to tackle the parts they feel
they can make a difference in, that
they had direct experience/understanding in, it should all be supported and those people should be applauded for their efforts...... not bickered at and attacked because they're not doing as much as you would expect them to do.
At least they're doing something.
