RE: Rape and injustice.
April 10, 2013 at 9:42 pm
(This post was last modified: April 10, 2013 at 9:43 pm by Creed of Heresy.)
Mm, men aren't the only ones who commit rape. I actually have a bit of a theory [as in, backed by evidence and so far surviving attempts at falsification from others and myself] that most men who are raped never report it. There's an extreme social stigma for a male to come out as saying he was raped. Ever see that Family Guy episode where Peter's being harassed by his boss? It's kind of like that; the pervasive mentality that "men cannot be raped."
Trust me. They can.
The whole thing with men is that fragile ego of ours. We're stubborn as fuck when it comes to ANYTHING that might diminish that ego. Admitting a woman raped you? That's virtually social castration; not only will you probably not be vindicated, but everyone is very likely to laugh at you. "LOL A WOMAN MADE YOU HAVE SEX WITH HER? MAN, YOU LUCKY, WHY YOU BITCHIN'?! AND YOU GOT IT ROUGH, TOO, EVERY DUDE WANTS THAT."
Bit by bit, though, as the issues of rape are addressed and (too slowly) attended to, we notice more men reporting being sexually harassed or assaulted. The numbers are still small, but about ten years ago they were nearly non-existent. But now, rape's becoming something more people are addressing...and suddenly there's men popping their heads up and admitting they were raped. What a coincidence. Except not.
Back to doin' that whole thing already, Gil? Well at least you had me wondering if I should give you the benefit of the doubt for a short time, anyways, but I guess old habits die hard, hmm?
Trust me. They can.
The whole thing with men is that fragile ego of ours. We're stubborn as fuck when it comes to ANYTHING that might diminish that ego. Admitting a woman raped you? That's virtually social castration; not only will you probably not be vindicated, but everyone is very likely to laugh at you. "LOL A WOMAN MADE YOU HAVE SEX WITH HER? MAN, YOU LUCKY, WHY YOU BITCHIN'?! AND YOU GOT IT ROUGH, TOO, EVERY DUDE WANTS THAT."
Bit by bit, though, as the issues of rape are addressed and (too slowly) attended to, we notice more men reporting being sexually harassed or assaulted. The numbers are still small, but about ten years ago they were nearly non-existent. But now, rape's becoming something more people are addressing...and suddenly there's men popping their heads up and admitting they were raped. What a coincidence. Except not.
(April 10, 2013 at 9:38 pm)Gilgamesh Wrote:(April 10, 2013 at 9:11 pm)futilethewinds Wrote: EDIT: Gilgamesh, you sound like the 50% of college students who estimate that rape accusations are false 50% of the time. The actual number is something more like 5%. That means that 95% of the time, the rapes happened. So in other words, fuck you very much.Nice strawman and cool story, bro.
Back to doin' that whole thing already, Gil? Well at least you had me wondering if I should give you the benefit of the doubt for a short time, anyways, but I guess old habits die hard, hmm?
