I just realised that this topic really punched one of my buttons.
I first came across this attitude when I first went to university as a shy and very young 18-year-old. It was a glib comment, often spoken at the time, and affected me at a very delicate point in my emotional development.
In my 3rd year at college, I exorcised myself by having the following poem published in the student union rag.
All Men Are... by Chris Malme
"All men are rapists!" She proclaimed, rolling her cigarette, As we sat in the Student's Union, "They are our oppressors, our captors, our killers."
Many times in the future, I thought about these words my friend had said. They humbled me, and made me thoughtful, Careful not to be a threat, Never to presume, Always to be Considerate.
Years later, we met, Me still alone, her on her third marriage. I recalled her words, and told her how that day Had changed my life. "Did really I say that?" she asked "Well, you know I never meant _you_"
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Date: 2012-06-19 07:43 pm (UTC)I first came across this attitude when I first went to university as a shy and very young 18-year-old. It was a glib comment, often spoken at the time, and affected me at a very delicate point in my emotional development.
In my 3rd year at college, I exorcised myself by having the following poem published in the student union rag.
All Men Are...
by Chris Malme
"All men are rapists!"
She proclaimed, rolling her cigarette,
As we sat in the Student's Union,
"They are our oppressors, our captors, our killers."
Many times in the future,
I thought about these words my friend had said.
They humbled me, and made me thoughtful,
Careful not to be a threat,
Never to presume,
Always to be
Considerate.
Years later, we met,
Me still alone, her on her third marriage.
I recalled her words, and told her how that day
Had changed my life.
"Did really I say that?" she asked
"Well, you know I never meant _you_"
Well, bugger me.