ONLY a mere seven days ago most of us had never heard of rape-advocate Roosh V or indeed his cult like “neo-masculinists” Return of Kings.
Now, after The National exclusively broke the story of his planned meetings in Glasgow and Edinburgh, he and his followers are well known and have been rightly ridiculed. Those meetings have been cancelled and the bully chastised.
It is a victory for all of us who campaigned against this man and his horrible ideas.
There have been arguments that we have been trolled. That by talking about him and his philosophy we have gained him more publicity.
We disagree. This story, right from day one, has been about more than Roosh V. It has been about the everyday sexism, the everyday misogyny still so prevalent in our society.
Statistics compiled by Rape Crisis Scotland suggest that 98 per cent of all women have experienced some form of sexual assault. We don’t talk about that enough. You could argue we don’t talk about it at all. And when we don’t talk about it we condone it. We tell our young men – and it is mostly men who sexually assault both women and other men – that it is okay to act in this way. And we tell our young women that it is okay to be treated like this.
Tomorrow night hundreds will gather in Glasgow and Edinburgh, and in likelihood all around the world to say no more.
If you’re in either city at 8pm on Saturday night we hope to see you there.
Controversial advocate of rape Roosh V forced to cancel meetings in Glasgow and Edinburgh
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