POETRY >If you’re a man

DeepInBlueForest

If you’re a man

⚠️ I wrote this poem in solidarity with survivors of abuse, especially child abuse, sometimes abbreviated to CSA.


If you're a man

And you're not trans

Big chance is

You won't know

Some of your blood's

Known abuse

One off or not

Or was it you?

Which is messed up

The whole thing is.


NOTES:

As far as I'm aware, many cis men don't have a clue what their family members (“blood”), friends, co-workers, fellow students have been through and about ongoing experiences of sexual violence in their community -unless they are actively or have been involve as a perpetrator.

My belief is that this ignorance plays a part in problematic interactions between cis men and non-cis men.

Shame silences. That's why I think it's vital for ALL schools to educate young people about consent. And for all men to educate themselves. Until sexual violence no longer exists, like racism, it's everyone's problem.