(December 28, 2016 at 10:27 am)Shell B Wrote:(December 28, 2016 at 3:06 am)pool the great Wrote: It just seems outright impossible to even imagine a woman actually getting laughed at for getting raped or have her sexuality questioned. Men deserve the same compassion.
Women get compassion? No, we're drilled about whether we were drinking, wearing slutty clothes, putting ourselves in situations where we would get raped. Our character is questioned. We're told we led men on, so we often keep it to ourselves, like many male victims. We hide it and see our attackers at social gatherings, on social media and sometimes even family events. We watch them go unpunished so we can spare ourselves the humiliation of having to prove we didn't ask for it. Men don't deserve the same compassion as women. That would be unfair to men.
(December 28, 2016 at 8:38 am)Jehanne Wrote: Mark Twain quipped that, "There are lies, damned lies, and then there's statistics".
It's just one survey, and I really doubt that it is accurate. I suppose that we can talk about forcible rape, but better yet, let the FBI answer the question for us; I am sure that there are statistics from the DoJ on this.
Why? Do you doubt it because you think women rape less than this? Don't forget about the women who rape with their significant others. The women who rape children. The women who rape sleeping or drunk men. This isn't a non-issue.
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