Lesbians, Hetero Men and Assault

In the wake of all the men being accused and convicted of their assaults against women, there are some questions we should be asking.
If lesbians are sexually attracted to women the same way heterosexual men are attracted to women, wouldn’t that mean that one of the most dangerous places for a female would be a woman’s locker room or bathroom?
If the way a woman behaves or dresses is partly responsible for why a man assaults her, then why aren’t reports of lesbian women sexually assaulting women in bathrooms and locker rooms at the top of the chart? They are seeing fully naked bodies of women they’re sexually attracted to, yet they are not compelled to assault them.
Why do you suppose that is?
Is it possible it has nothing to do with how the victim looks or behaves, but everything to do with what we’ve programmed males to believe about their roles and rights? Is it possible it’s not really about sex at all, but a need to feed their sense of manhood through subjugation and control?
Could it have nothing to do with females and their bodies and everything to do with the corrupted male programming that conflates fear with respect and teaches males that their role as a man is to overpower and dominate?
It’s time for survivors who carry shame and blame for the assaults perpetrated against us to free ourselves from questioning if we played a part in the attack.
We’re remembering that our power is in our unity and our voices.
We’re waking up from the programmed trance that kept us quiet, conforming and controllable.
And we won't go back to sleep.
--Mary Long

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