Guy’s viral analogy nails exactly why Brett Kavanaugh is so triggering to women. by Bronwyn Isaac
In many cases, the best way to bridge a gap between perspectives is through a concisely worded analogy. While there are plenty of empathetic men, and many male survivors of sexual assault, there is still an overtly gendered gap between how this week's confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh has affected women and men.
Even if you're on the same side politically, the visceral way Christine Blasey-Ford's personal testimony of sexual assault triggered female survivors across the country is very different than how it affected men who haven't experienced assault.
So, in a clever analogical effort to bridge the emotional gap of our current political hellscape, the writer A.R. Moxon wrote a thread that perfectly explained to other men how women feel about Kavanaugh.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat Hi, guys. Imagine if one day you got kicked in the nuts, really hard, on purpose.
You doubled over. Felt the pain. Nearly passed out. Nearly puked.
Then you got kicked again. And again.
8:15 AM - Oct 6, 2018 8,733 5,347 people are talking about this
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat · Oct 6, 2018 Hi, guys. Imagine if one day you got kicked in the nuts, really hard, on purpose.
You doubled over. Felt the pain. Nearly passed out. Nearly puked.
Then you got kicked again. And again.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat Imagine it happened to you when you were 12. Imagine it was an 38 year old woman who did it. Imagine it was your mother’s friend and business partner.
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Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat · Oct 6, 2018 Replying to @JuliusGoat Imagine it happened to you when you were 12. Imagine it was an 38 year old woman who did it. Imagine it was your mother’s friend and business partner.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat Imagine you told your parents and they didn’t believe you. Imagine they never mentioned it again. You learned to keep quiet about it. You learned to be scared.
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Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat · Oct 6, 2018 Replying to @JuliusGoat Imagine you told your parents and they didn’t believe you. Imagine they never mentioned it again. You learned to keep quiet about it. You learned to be scared.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat Imagine that later your father explained that women just wanted to kick men in the nuts, so as a boy you had to be careful.
Imagine he had very detailed practical advice on this.
Imagine you started spending your life planning on avoiding being kicked in the nuts.
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Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat · Oct 6, 2018 Replying to @JuliusGoat Imagine you told your parents and they didn’t believe you. Imagine they never mentioned it again. You learned to keep quiet about it. You learned to be scared.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat Imagine that later your father explained that women just wanted to kick men in the nuts, so as a boy you had to be careful.
Imagine he had very detailed practical advice on this.
Imagine you started spending your life planning on avoiding being kicked in the nuts.
8:16 AM - Oct 6, 2018 1,383 196 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy He effectively reframed women's experiences with assault and sexual violence through the analogical lense of getting kicked in the nuts, which may sound silly upon first reading, but actually works as a strong parallel to women's experiences.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat · Oct 6, 2018 Replying to @JuliusGoat Imagine that later your father explained that women just wanted to kick men in the nuts, so as a boy you had to be careful.
Imagine he had very detailed practical advice on this.
Imagine you started spending your life planning on avoiding being kicked in the nuts.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat Imagine you became aware that women, including much older women—even elderly women—were always looking at your nuts. Women on the street would follow you. They’d tell you what a nice package you have. They’d tell you you’d be hot if you just showed off your nuts a little more.
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Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat · Oct 6, 2018 Replying to @JuliusGoat Imagine you became aware that women, including much older women—even elderly women—were always looking at your nuts. Women on the street would follow you. They’d tell you what a nice package you have. They’d tell you you’d be hot if you just showed off your nuts a little more.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat Imagine you started wearing clothes to hide them. You bought uncomfortable protective gear.
All the posters and advertisements in all the magazines featured men’s crotches, though frequently not their heads.
Women’s feet were frequently featured in prominent juxtaposition.
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Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat · Oct 6, 2018 Replying to @JuliusGoat Imagine you started wearing clothes to hide them. You bought uncomfortable protective gear.
All the posters and advertisements in all the magazines featured men’s crotches, though frequently not their heads.
Women’s feet were frequently featured in prominent juxtaposition.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat Imagine most of your friends all told you about getting kicked in the nuts.
Imagine none of them had ever told anybody else.
Imagine all the older girls at school would make jokes about kicking you in the nuts.
Imagine all the laughter. The jokes are all so funny.
Jokes.
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Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat · Oct 6, 2018 Replying to @JuliusGoat Imagine most of your friends all told you about getting kicked in the nuts.
Imagine none of them had ever told anybody else.
Imagine all the older girls at school would make jokes about kicking you in the nuts.
Imagine all the laughter. The jokes are all so funny.
Jokes.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat Imagine you went to church and were told that God made girls to want your body, so you should protect your nuts at all costs.
Imagine the minister said it was your responsibility as a maturing boy not to do anything that would make girls think about kicking you in the nuts.
8:17 AM - Oct 6, 2018 1,302 164 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy One of the strengths of this particular analogy is how deep it goes into the structure of rape culture. How everything from advertising to messages in church enforce the pattern of victim-blaming and shame.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat · Oct 6, 2018 Replying to @JuliusGoat Imagine you went to church and were told that God made girls to want your body, so you should protect your nuts at all costs.
Imagine the minister said it was your responsibility as a maturing boy not to do anything that would make girls think about kicking you in the nuts.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat Imagine you found a girlfriend, and you loved each other.
One night, you were fooling around and she kicked you as hard as she could in the nuts, and it all came rushing back.
Imagine she acted like obviously you wanted to be kicked in the nuts,mocked you for getting emotional.
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Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat · Oct 6, 2018 Replying to @JuliusGoat Imagine you found a girlfriend, and you loved each other.
One night, you were fooling around and she kicked you as hard as she could in the nuts, and it all came rushing back.
Imagine she acted like obviously you wanted to be kicked in the nuts,mocked you for getting emotional.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat Imagine you told the police, and they asked you what you’d been wearing before she kicked you in the nuts. Asked if you’d had a drink. Asked what you might have been doing before. Had you been naked? Kissing?
You had.
You left.
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Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat · Oct 6, 2018 Replying to @JuliusGoat Imagine you told the police, and they asked you what you’d been wearing before she kicked you in the nuts. Asked if you’d had a drink. Asked what you might have been doing before. Had you been naked? Kissing?
You had.
You left.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat Imagine there were laws that said that if a wife kicked her husband in the nuts it wasn’t assault.
Imagine you heard about men with ruptured testicles who had to pay for their own forensic reports
Imagine you saw statistics showing only 1% of kickings resulted in conviction.
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Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat · Oct 6, 2018 Replying to @JuliusGoat Imagine a girl was caught kicking a boy repeatedly in the nuts while he was passed out drunk.
Imagine the judge let her off, because she was worried about the damage to the girl’s future prospects. She was a star swimmer with a scholarship.
Imagine this happened all the time.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat Imagine if one day men all started talking about how almost all of them had, at one point or another, been kicked in the nuts.
Imagine if women’s main concern was what false accusation might do to their reputations, and whether this new honesty might ruin the mystery of sex.
8:21 AM - Oct 6, 2018 1,321 166 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy The analogy also shines light on how deeply misguided and emotionally dense it is to be worried about “false accusations” amidst the rancid existence of rape culture. How, if the tables were turned, this concern would feel like such an obvious affront to men’s humanity.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat · Oct 6, 2018 Replying to @JuliusGoat Imagine if one day men all started talking about how almost all of them had, at one point or another, been kicked in the nuts.
Imagine if women’s main concern was what false accusation might do to their reputations, and whether this new honesty might ruin the mystery of sex.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat Imagine a woman ran for President.
Imagine audio came out of her bragging about making it a regular practice to kick men in the nuts without even introducing herself.
Imagine she lost no support for this.
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Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat · Oct 6, 2018 Replying to @JuliusGoat Imagine a woman ran for President.
Imagine audio came out of her bragging about making it a regular practice to kick men in the nuts without even introducing herself.
Imagine she lost no support for this.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat Imagine she claimed the men accusing her were lying.
Imagine she said they were too ugly to kick.
Imagine there had never been a male president.
Imagine she ran against the first major-party male candidate.
Imagine he had experience, and she had none.
Imagine she won anyway.
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Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat · Oct 6, 2018 Replying to @JuliusGoat Imagine she claimed the men accusing her were lying.
Imagine she said they were too ugly to kick.
Imagine there had never been a male president.
Imagine she ran against the first major-party male candidate.
Imagine he had experience, and she had none.
Imagine she won anyway.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat Imagine she supported a Senate candidate known for kicking young boys in the testicles.
Imagine she nominated a judge.
Imagine the judge was accused of kicking a boy in the nuts.
Imagine the accuser had to hide from all the death threats as a result.
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Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat · Oct 6, 2018 Replying to @JuliusGoat Imagine the man who had been kicked testified, providing sworn testimony.
Imagine the judge gave an vindictive rant in response.
Imagine he was derided for providing no evidence.
Imagine if they looked for no evidence.
Imagine the judge was given an op-ed to explain herself.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat Imagine the President mocked the accuser in font of a crowd, and the crowd laughed and clapped.
Imagine the judge was confirmed.
Imagine the deciding vote was a man.
Can you imagine?
8:25 AM - Oct 6, 2018 1,258 153 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy He doubled down on the analogy when he brought in the issue of forced birth, and how limiting birth control and safe abortion options feed into the brutality of rape culture.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat · Oct 6, 2018 Replying to @JuliusGoat Imagine the President mocked the accuser in font of a crowd, and the crowd laughed and clapped.
Imagine the judge was confirmed.
Imagine the deciding vote was a man.
Can you imagine?
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat Now imagine that being kicked in the nuts might result in you having to create, in your body, a genetic replication of the person who kicked you.
And imagine that the judge intended to make sure you’d have to carry it.
Imagine that was the *reason* she was chosen.
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Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat · Oct 6, 2018 Replying to @JuliusGoat Now imagine that being kicked in the nuts might result in you having to create, in your body, a genetic replication of the person who kicked you.
And imagine that the judge intended to make sure you’d have to carry it.
Imagine that was the *reason* she was chosen.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat I can't imagine women's rage today, but this exercise, while abstract, helped me get nearer to it than I'd been.
Be kind to women, guys. Today and every day.
If you see somebody being cruel to women, or abusive, or violent?
Kick 'em in the nuts.
8:27 AM - Oct 6, 2018 2,969 451 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy He ended the thread by pointing out how depressing it is that men, or anyone really, need analogies to understand why the past few weeks have been so triggering to women.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat · Oct 6, 2018 Replying to @JuliusGoat I can't imagine women's rage today, but this exercise, while abstract, helped me get nearer to it than I'd been.
Be kind to women, guys. Today and every day.
If you see somebody being cruel to women, or abusive, or violent?
Kick 'em in the nuts.
Julius Ghost?? (Read Pinned Tweet!) @JuliusGoat By the way it's 100% insane that this issue seems to require an analogy to draw a sharper focus on how wrong our society presently is, but here were are.
8:54 AM - Oct 6, 2018 3,852 489 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy The thread sparked a lot of impassioned responses from both men and women echoing the trueness of the sentiment.
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