Elisa Mariño
1 min readDec 27, 2024

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Maybe not. But in a group, a disenting voice shows that there are more ways to see things. And if other men think it is wrong, they migh join in. Or feel more confident speaking up.

And once enough men say that something is wrong, boys would learn from that. If no one say anything, boys would learn that is ok.

When people like Musk complain about "woke censorship", they mean that for a short time, people considered open sexism, LGTBIQ+ fobia and racism unacceptable. Now it seems they can be all that in the open and expect people to be tolerant of their intolerance. Which would only make things worse for most normal people.

If you want women to feel at ease when a man approaches them, you need them to not fear what the man can do if rejected. Or if they speak to him. Would you accept a drink to talk if you suspected that they are going to drug you or take advantage of you if drunk?

Unless the norm is that men won't take advantage, women would remain guarded. And it would be their own father who would warn them to act this way.

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Elisa Mariño
Elisa Mariño

Written by Elisa Mariño

Fiction is the art to tell lies to show truths. Politics is the art to use truths to tell lies.

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