Men are not dogs

It's an insult to women to hold men to a low standard...and, it's a trauma-response

I understand that there are a lot of feminists out there who attempt to have a healthy, robust appreciation for men, to some degree or another. I acknowledge them, but their existence doesn’t undermine the point I’m about to make at all, because across the board I still see women who roundly dismiss all men as stupid, arrogant, untrustworthy, and dangerous.

You may have seen a recent Instagram trend, where a woman eats a piece of food on the ground in front of a very well-behaved dog, who obediently refrains from trying to snag some of the goodies.

The caption reads something to the effect of, “I couldn’t resist, she provoked me.”

I believe the implication is either that rapists or domestic abusers (or both) can’t use the excuse that a woman provoked him to harm her.

And certainly, they cannot. Every individual is responsible for their actions.

This reel trend, however, is a very unfortunate one, as we all know there are many dogs out there who wouldn’t behave at all if tempted with a delicious morsel, even otherwise very well-behaved dogs, so the metaphor falls apart horribly, undermining the original intent to highlight that it’s wrong to assault women.

Forgive me for insulting your intelligence by explaining this, but human beings are not dogs. How we are raised has everything to do with how we treat other human beings, but we are not excused from our actions due to “bad training,” like a dog might be.