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A PSA: rape happens...a lot. (self.TwoXChromosomes)

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[–]hughie-d -35 ポイント-34 ポイント

Rape is wrong, as is using the actions of minority groups in society as a stereotype.

Turn your argument on your head, most men do not rape or sexually assault anyone... read it again, statistically, most men do not do what you are frightened of. Just as most Muslims do not commit terrorist acts, most Irish people have no affiliation with the IRA, most women are not gold diggers trying to get pregnant, most of the American black communities are not criminals and most Colombians are not drug lords. Your rationale stereotype is not more justified than anyone else’s, as it is based in ignorance and in irrational fear.

Determine your logic and follow it. Despite what the media is portraying men as, we are not paedophiles or rapists. If you are prejudiced towards us it’s your own problem, keep it that way, don't try and explain your prejudice towards 50% of world population, don't project your irrational fears unless you are willing to admit they are irrational. Otherwise you are fuelling the fire that men need to prove they are innocent of all perversions and not the other way around.

[–]I_WANT_DA_CAKE 21 ポイント22 ポイント

It amazes me that you are able to type all of this up and not stop for a second and realize that you are statistically in the position of power regarding sexual assault and violence towards women. You have no standing, perspective wise. You have probably never carried pepper spray with you going out dancing, or had to watch your drink all night, or had a man slap your ass and tell you he "likes the way that skirt makes your ass look".

I have never seen a black person pull out a glock and put it to my head, I have never seen a Colombian do coke in front of me, I have never had a Muslim threaten to blow me up. And yet almost every time I go out to a party or even to downtown, I get groped by a man, or threatened by a man, or talked down to -- whoops, by a man. You call the fear of rape irrational - until you are walking home in broad daylight and a 6'2, 280 pound man whistles at you and says, "hey cutie, I'm gonna fuck you".

So while many women have not been raped in their lifetimes by men, 99% will have some type of ordeal where she feels as though she is in danger of being raped or sexually assaulted. And I honestly don't think I'm exaggerating.

Oh, and by the way, sexism, and racism are oppression are power + prejudice. Women don't really have a lot of power socially, eh? Straight, white men tend to have most of it, so calling it sexism or racism is futile. I'm out.

[–]Langlie[S] 12 ポイント13 ポイント

I stated in my original post that I am not afraid of men. I meet and interact and have fun with new men all the time. What life has taught me is to be cautious, to not jump in blindfolded. Furthermore, the real point of my post was to raise awareness that rape is something that happens to lots of people, even people that you know. Being sensitive to the problems that others face will benefit us all in the long run.