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only , a woman's need to have a safe environment -- an environment free from the need to use those "survival tactics" -- can be fulfilled, if only during the time of the rally. 
   It is true that all men are not sexual abusers, yet, all men have internalized the sexist attitudes which allow violence to happen. Everyone grows up in a sexist society. Everyone is affected by such sexism. [Is it therefore possible that women have internalized attitudes which "allow violence to happen?"] Men are privileged by sexism, and men need to acknowledge the privileges that being male gives them. (Such as having daily/nightly access to many areas which women do not.) Men need to examine the many ways in which they manifest learned, sexist, male privilege. ( Such as: interrupting women at meetings, talking more, objectifying women, taking a job for more pay than a woman would receive.) [ How are you characterizing yourself as a persuader, bu assuming that these acts are universal?] In order for the anti violence/ anti sexism movement to succeed, men must begin to examine these male privileges and how they continue to hurt women. 
   A part [illustrative] of the need for men to develop a responsible attitude about their sexism, is the issue of how men choose to support women's struggles. Often, when women-only events are planned, men express feelings of alienation This suggests [implying] that women are not appreciating the support men have to offer. When this issue is raised the question is no longer the validity of a separatist event, but rather "How much room are men willing to given women?" Demands that men be able to attend any and all public meetings and events around the issue of violence against women, essentially means that men still maintain a position of power and are unwilling to give that power up. The need to do violence is the need for power. The dynamics between a rape victim

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only , a woman's need to have a safe environment -- an environment free from the need to use those "survival tactics" -- can be fulfilled, if only during the time of the rally. It is true that all men are not sexual abusers, yet, all men have internalized the sexist attitudes which allow violence to happen. Everyone grows up in a sexist society. Everyone is affected by such sexism. [Is it therefore possible that women have internalized attitudes which "allow violence to happen?"] Men are privileged by sexism, and men need to acknowledge the privileges that being male gives them. (Such as having daily/nightly access to many areas which women do not.) Men need to examine the many ways in which they manifest learned, sexist, male privilege. ( Such as: interrupting women at meetings, talking more, objectifying women, taking a job for more pay than a woman would receive.) [ How are you characterizing yourself as a persuader, bu assuming that these acts are universal?] In order for the anti violence/ anti sexism movement to succeed, men must begin to examine these male privileges and how they continue to hurt women. A part [illustrative] of the need for men to develop a responsible attitude about their sexism, is the issue of how men choose to support women's struggles. Often, when women-only events are planned, men express feelings of alienation This suggests [implying] that women are not appreciating the support men have to offer. When this issue is raised the question is no longer the validity of a separatist event, but rather "How much room are men willing to given women?" Demands that men be able to attend any and all public meetings and events around the issue of violence against women, essentially means that men still maintain a position of power and are unwilling to give that power up. The need to do violence is the need for power. The dynamics between a rape victim