'A Woman's Day ThroughGlass' Campaign: Responses Justify #YesAllWomen

In case you hadn't already surmised, the video you've just watched was a stunt.

It was created to draw attention to the senselessness of domestic violence against women.

It wasn't designed to suggest that "all men" commit domestic violence and, despite a slightly misleading title, it also wasn't supposed to assert that "all women" suffer at the hands of men.

It was, however, intended to draw some attention towards an issue that is still prevalent in our society.

In case you didn't know - one in four women will be a victim of domestic violence in their lifetime.

Alarmingly, the responses to the video, which have accumulated over the last month or so, justify its existence in a way that even the video itself couldn't do.

Having a look at some of the comments, which have appeared on Youtube and on other sites where the video has featured, there are three clear trends that stick out.

1. The Good Men

Good men are everywhere.

We know this.

These are the men that fit into the #NotAllMen category - the ones that don't deserve to be tarnished by another's bad behaviour.

Sadly though, these sorts of male commenters are few and far between. For every one who makes this sort of statement, there are five more who think rape jokes are funny.

So while it is true that #NotAllMen deserve to be lumped into the same category, that isn't really the issue for the moment.

The need to tackle domestic violence, or any of the violence that is daily levelled against women, based purely on their gender, outweighs the need to defend the "good" men from a bit of stereotyping...for the time being.

2. The Trolls

These are the commenters who think they're funny.

But who are actually contributing to the problem.

Every rape or violence remark, even if intended as a joke, risks justifying the behaviour of someone, somewhere, who isn't joking.

The more you turn abuse into a comedy line, the less seriously people will take it, the more it will happen.

And there's nothing funny about that.

3. The Ones Who Think Women Are To Blame

Good men are great and internet trolls can be dismissed (by some) as senseless nobodies, but the really worrying trend is among the people who genuniely seem to believe that a woman can be responsible for the violence that she experiences.

This trend is worrying, not just because it is misguided, but because it is everywhere.

Including in our mainstream media.

Yesterday, the Daily Mail, along with a number of American newspapers, ran stories that singled out a young woman as the "source" and "cause" of California sorority murderer Elliot Rodger's rage, merely because Rodger's cited her, in his manifesto, as having "teased" him.

By running this story, these media outlets make implicit the suggestion that the women, or in this case one young woman, is, at least in part, to blame.

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It is these three mindsets - the scarcity of good male voices, the trolls that think rape and violence is funny and the people who genuinely believe that victims are at fault - that justify the #YesAllWomen campaign.

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Are you a male supporter of the #YesAllWomen campaign? How will you be making yourself heard? Let us know in the comments!

To learn more about the 'A Woman's Day #throughglass' campaign, head to their website: www.awomansdaythroughglass.com