fatvegan

I don't have a problem with the idea the clothes people wear have an impact on those around them. I don't even have a problem with the suggestion that your clothes can influence the liklihood of bad things happening to you. But I don't like the implication that women have all the power and men have none. I certainly think that the way we use our bodies can give us power over others, and I think that is one thing Hilaly is saying. But to compare the power of a woman over a group of men, to the power of the men over that woman is utterly ridiculous. A girl can only use what trivial power she has if men are willing to let her, whereas men can use their substantial power on anyone.

Hilaly has used an analogy which attributes total power to women and none to men. He has effectively demanded that women take complete responsibility for any power they have, and asks men to take none at all. I don't think he would ever seriously say that, or even think it, but he's offering men a very appealing sense of entitlement. All men who abuse their physical power attempt to justify it somehow, and he's making that job a little easier.