I, a liberal white male, sometimes have this false pretense that everyone on our campus is welcoming and accepting of all people. Reality is occasionally blinded from me due to my privileges, but some chicken-scratch on the wall of the bathroom was a direct slap-in-the-face to that idea. “I’d rather be a pussy-grabber than a dick grabber.” Didn’t need to read that as I was relieving my bladder. As I analyzed that sentence, I came to the conclusion that the writer believes that sexually assaulting someone is better than being a male engaging in homosexual acts. Like I don’t understand how someone could think that. Being gay is worse than destroying another human’s life? I’ve always known that this campus isn’t full of politically correct liberals, but believing that it is makes life easier for me. But that sentence really forced me to see that the reality of this campus is way different than what I wish this campus was like. Sexism and heterosexism are still thriving here, no matter how “progressive” I want UNC to be. Rape culture and homophobia need to be eradicated from our campus (and also from the world in general), which is why organizations like CAGE are so important.
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