Livre d'Or

As far as I can work out, International Men's Day started as a sarcastic joke because lots of people were whining about how it's not fair that there's an international day for women but not men. This year I was heartened to see a lot of sincere pro-men stuff on social media, including some corporate PR about inspirational male role-models. Admittedly they were inspirational because they do what the large majority of women in the workforce do: succeed in their jobs while taking an active parenting role, but still.

I didn't get round to posting this on the day, but I saw several conversations talking about gendered violence. ( TW: sexual assault )

I don't really have a conclusion here. I don't want to waste energy looking for ways to be sympathetic to people who use their privilege to hurt others. But I do want a world free of sexual assault for people of all genders, and I don't know how important this stuff is, or if it's even real rather than me piecing stuff together from glimpses of a gendered experience I don't understand.