Thank you for your open and insightful article. As a male I do need admit, that there is the peer pressure (both from men and women, movies and television) that if you are not groping women, not sexualising females, not taking the advantage, then you were seen as a sicko or gay!
This was/is a psychological struggle for men who decide to take the high road, I myself doubted my very existence and even now I still see myself as inferior to "Actual Men". But I thank God my parents brought me up to respect EVERYONE and everything and that following the rest of the "Sheep" is only going to lead you the slaughterhouse!
I am happily married to a wonderful woman and in her eyes I am a better man than half the s#%t (her words not mine) she has married (twice before) and went out with and that is all I need to justify that the high road of decency and respect I was taught and took was the right one.
Thank you for your thoughtful feedback. I agree that the pressure is there for men and sympathize with the mixed signals they sometimes receive from media and even from women. That’s a big part of why I see the solution as cultural and educational rather than legal or political.
Amen to that.