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Source please.
And that's great. Really. I'm all for it. Big fan. But...
Here we have women like @KTS in http://www.christianforums.com/thre...otential-rapist.7966658/page-18#post-70360031 preparing a weapon to bash some guy in the elevator. I find that troubling. I mean, it's good to be prepared to defend yourself. I never step outside without a weapon. But I don't get it ready for use just because I happen to be in an elevator with a stranger, you know? That, to me, speaks more of fearfulness than empowerment.
I don't see the relevance to my post. I never claimed that the male street passerby is the main or sole concern.I'm not really talking *to* you, to be honest. Just quoting your post to make a point to others in this thread.
Baloney.
I was a young man once. I was in a hyper masculine environment (The Australian Army) and sex took up a good amount of all my available waking thoughts. We talked about it, boasted about it, and made plans to get it. That and the specifications of weapons systems we were unlikely to ever see were the two things that we talked about. An yet, I can honestly say I have never. EVER. had sex with anyone who did not respond with an enthusiastic yes. Any man who claims to be "unable to control himself" is, IMHO, either lying or criminally insane. No third alternative.
....you don't know about trash-talking during online games? Do I really have to prove this?
If I may try a comparison...?But you never have to face the threat of being attacked just for being the gender you are. I do.
And I think it's great that you are raising your daughter to be able to look after herself and be self confident and assertive. But part of looking after yourself is being prepared for trouble, and since 1 in four women will be raped in their lives, that certainly is a trouble your daughter may face. I hope she never does.
We don't dismiss other crimes as unavoidable in the heat of passion, I see no reason to think of rape differently.Agreed. I seriously doubt that any rape was committed because the guy was just too horny.
Then perhaps you can show me a source that claims that the 1 in 4 women will be raped is wrong?
When did I ever say that ALL men should be punished for being rapists? I never did.
When you can show that the chances of being the victim of a terrorist attack by a Muslim are the same chances that a woman will be raped by a man, then we can talk.
Until then, you are just being a jerk.
You want to provide a source for the claim that black people are inherently more criminal than white people?
How the heck did this suddenly become a black vs white issue?Then perhaps you can show me a source that claims that the 1 in 4 women will be raped is wrong?
When did I ever say that ALL men should be punished for being rapists? I never did.
But like I said, 1 in 4 women will be raped. (And I'm going to use that statistic despite your whinging because you have been unable to provide a better one. You just complain about it).
When you can show that the chances of being the victim of a terrorist attack by a Muslim are the same chances that a woman will be raped by a man, then we can talk. Until then, you are just being a jerk.
You want to provide a source for the claim that black people are inherently more criminal than white people?
Horniness is definitely NOT the sole cause of rape. There is also hatred. A need to humiliate based on previous rejections. An inability to function sexually otherwise. True, heat of passion is not a viable defense in a court of law for any crime. However, provocation does figure into the penalty chosen. If I insult someone repeatedly and he clobbers me in the heat of emotion, my instigation will indeed be taken into consideration.We don't dismiss other crimes as unavoidable in the heat of passion, I see no reason to think of rape differently.
I don't see the relevance to my post. I never claimed that the male street passerby is the main or sole concern.
I'm sorry, I thought you were saying that men cope the same amount of threats as women.
If it happens, there should be evidence of it, yeah?
If I may try a comparison...?
I have been attacked based on my skin colour more than once. Racial epithets, the works.
Am I justified in assuming ill intent and a defensive posture every time I encounter members of the racial group from which the people who attacked me came?
These justifications sound decidedly ad hoc. Much like that claim about the etymology of "rapier".Horniness is definitely NOT the sole cause of rape. There is also hatred. A need to humiliate based on previous rejections. An inability to function sexually otherwise.
....in a thread where we are literally talking about profiling men as potential rapists - and all the potential for false positives that throws up - you claim this?
Let's give you an example more relevant to the overall issue of Gamergate.
Milo Yiannopoulous - remember him? Trigger-happy alt-right journo who made a name for himself covering Gamergate?
When it kicked off, this is what he got in the mail:
No outcry from the usual suspects about how there's a massive problem about violence against men the way there is when a single well-known woman gets a mean tweet. No wall-to-wall coverage of it along with hearty denunciations you see whenever Saint Anita or whoever receives a word of negative feedback.
No acknowledgement either that *both* sides of GG have been on the receiving end of abuse.
This is why the BUT WOMEN ARE ABUSED MORE ONLINE bleat is utterly hollow. Not only is harassment ignored by those same people when it's directed at men (and as I posted, men get *more* threats online that women do, but the focus is almost entirely on women) but it's selectively applied - and curiously, it's always the critics of feminism whose abuse gets called out. Never the abuse coming from the other side of the aisle.
The internet abuse canard is simply a gambit to silence political opponents.
And rightly so, given the FBI definition of the word.There are jurisdictions where "rape" is literally an offence that women are legally unable to be found guilty of, while men are.
Perhaps you can show me where women have made such comments to men?
If I may try a comparison...?
I have been attacked based on my skin colour more than once. Racial epithets, the works.
Am I justified in assuming ill intent and a defensive posture every time I encounter members of the racial group from which the people who attacked me came?
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