Isaiah Harper

Mutual respect seems to be a male only concept, so let me explain it to you. It is founded on a simple principle: the boundaries we expect others to respect are the same boundaries we are obligated to respect ourselves. Men generally understand this intuitively. You do not casually shove another man aside or presume that your personal importance entitles you to disregard his dignity. It is generally understood that a violation of this principal is a provocation to violence, precisely because it violates the principle of mutual respect. Here, a woman shoves a man aside like his his personal boundaries are beneath her consideration. When he responds by shoving her back, the people lose their fucking minds. But what, exactly, is the problem? That he violated her boundaries? She had already violated his! That he failed to show her respect? She did the same thing! Women do not respect this simple principle of mutual respect, which in a truly egalitarian world should clearly be binding to everyone. Instead whenever a women is involved we are suddenly expected to apply a different standard. What do you want? Do you want equality between men and women? Because what it seems you really want is the relationship between a medieval aristocrat and a peasant.