NRA (No Reasonable Alternatives)
How much is enough, American male?
This article, though not quite up to date, carries some painful truths about masculinity, entrenched power, the #metoo movement, and gun violence. Our national disgrace seems to arise from Toxic Masculinity, a topic that does not get the press it deserves, because men are still predominantly in control, and continue to skew the narrative away from the truth that WE ARE THE PROBLEM, and that our ideas for addressing the problems of gun violence, addiction, greed, and sexism tend to avoid obvious, rational solutions, because we don’t want to face ourselves.
Men, as a collective, would rather have our neighbors, wives and children assaulted, raped, overdosed through drug use, or murdered through gun violence, than make the necessary changes to our culture, and to our hearts and soul. We need more women in positions of power and influence, and men need to get in touch with their potential for toxic behavior and attitudes, and begin to make necessary course changes in their hearts and souls.
Nov 4, 2017 – The rate of gun deaths in the United States rose in 2016 to about 12 per 100,000 people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report released on Friday. That was up from a rate of about 11 for every 100,000 people in 2015, and it reflected the second consecutive year that the mortality rate increased.
The age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2015 (16.3 per 100,000) was more than 2.5 times the rate in 1999 (6.1).
Sexual violence is a problem that is deeply rooted in our culture. Presently, the CDC does not have any statistics about sexual abuse against women in general, but i have read that one in four women have experienced sexual abuse at the hands of the diseased American male. The following statistics should be of interest (from RAINN):
17,700,000
The estimated number of women who have been the victims of rape since 1998.
99
The percentage of perpetrators of sexual violence that will walk free.
13
The percentage of female rape survivors who will attempt suicide.
64
The percentage of trans people who will experience sexual assault in their lifetimes.
127,000,000,000
The total amount of money rape costs victims every year in the U.S., excluding child sexual abuse.
16-19
The age range that women are four times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault. Female college students ages 18-24 are three times more likely than women in the general population to experience sexual violence.
1 in 6
The fraction of American women who have survived an attempted or completed rape in their lifetimes.
1.8
The amount of times trans people of color are more likely to experience sexual violence than the general population.
3
The percentage of men who will be raped in their lifetime.
90
The percentage of adult rape victims that are female.
321,500
The average number of victims of rape and sexual assault per year in the U.S.
80,600
The estimated number of inmates who experience sexual violence in prison or jail every year.
60
The percentage of instances of sexual violence experienced by inmates that are perpetrated by jail or prison staff.
2
The number of times a person with a disability is more likely to be a victim of sexual assault or rape than a person without a disability.
A rational human being would posit that ALL rates are unacceptable, and that the American culture needs to treat ALL conditions seriously and equally. Why are we so self-destructive and irrational as a culture that we allow gun violence, sexual violence, and drug additive violence to continue against our fellow citizens? You already know the answer, and it continues to propagate in the genitals, and the damaged minds, of many men in power.
Please save yourself.
