There's the Fight or Flight response - but there's also the lesser talked about Freeze response. You may think you will react in a certain way, but your mind and your body actually work to try and protect you, even though you might not consider it that way. What people don't always understand, often unless they have lived the experience, is that no matter who you are, someone can use their power over you. Sadly, this type of reaction to Crews', and many other male survivors, perpetuates the myth that men "can't be raped", that they are "weak" if they are ever assaulted. In the clip itself, shown here, a Senator at the hearing asks why he didn't do anything physically at the time, saying "you're a big powerful man, why didn't you (motions pushing)". Of course, I'm just an internet commenter that could learn a lot more on the subject and perhaps him coming forward will get more conversations started causing light to be shed on this problem.In tweets and in his testimony, Crews recounts how he didn't do anything at the time, for fear of the story being twisted, for fear of his race and masculinity being used against him if he reacted in any way, violently or otherwise. He seems like a good person and an awesome father, so I trust his judgement however, I still worry that this story may have the opposite effect he wants. Furthermore, if Crews doesn't want to say a name, then maybe he is sending the message to his assaulter as well as others out there that they can get away with it which would not only not deter them, as he hoped his story would do, but perhaps even encourage them.
#Terry cruz raped free
The problem is that the predator in Crews' story is still at large and will (if he feels free enough to assault a giant former NFL player in front of his wife) commit more acts until someone does something about it. Democrats aren't working to bury this from what I've observed.Ĭrews wrote he hoped his story would “deter a predator and encourage someone who feels hopeless.” While that's a piece of the puzzle, I don't think that has as much to do with the reason the NYTimes story didn't get as much traction. Certainly they should have done it sooner, but that could be said of any political party, as all of them have a problem with sexual abuse in some form (positions of power, etc). In fact, many high Democrat figures have condemned him for it. While Weinstein was certainly prominent in Democrat circles, I haven't seen anyone trying to defend him across party lines. Again, I'm not saying this perspective is wrong, it's great that Crews's story is getting more men to pay attention to this, but it's also kinda screwed up that it takes another man being assaulted for some to sympathize to a greater degree. How do we know some of Weinstein's female victims weren't assaulted in front of their partners? There's audio of one attack that's pretty horrific, even though she was alone at the time.
Even your own sympathies here make that clear. That kinda fits the point though, as male dominated as reddit is, men are more outraged when it happens to another man, and less likely to sympathize with a woman's perspective. R/television's favorite shows of all time (2022 edition) >!Spoiler!!Television!< becomes Television Links
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