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RE: Victim Blaming?
September 19, 2016 at 12:02 am
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Seeking to attach blame for a misdeed is an entirely natural human response to a misdeed.
I'm all for rational preparation, but attaching a pejorative label like "victim thinker" to someone simply because they want to attach blame for a crime is not only based on an unrealistic grasp of himan psychology, it's also pretty heartless, I think.
A person can both stay prepared, and seek to place blame. Speaking rationally, asserting otherwise is a false dichotomy.
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RE: Victim Blaming?
September 19, 2016 at 12:03 am
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RE: Victim Blaming?
September 19, 2016 at 12:29 am
(September 18, 2016 at 11:57 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: Sorry fell asleep. All I'm trying to say is, as a woman we are already for the most part smaller and weaker. Why do something to put your life in danger. No it's not your fault, but in this world it's simply safer to treat all men as at least semi-dangerous until proven otherwise.
Are you a feminist, by any chance?
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RE: Victim Blaming?
September 19, 2016 at 12:39 am
1) Bella!!! 
2)  I don't know how it could even be possible to function in the real world while treating everyone as a potential threat. Seems ridiculous.
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RE: Victim Blaming?
September 19, 2016 at 12:41 am
(September 19, 2016 at 12:29 am)Bella Morte Wrote: (September 18, 2016 at 11:57 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: Sorry fell asleep. All I'm trying to say is, as a woman we are already for the most part smaller and weaker. Why do something to put your life in danger. No it's not your fault, but in this world it's simply safer to treat all men as at least semi-dangerous until proven otherwise.
Are you a feminist, by any chance? Yes but I'm blind so as I amended I treat everyone as semi-dangerous until proven otherwise
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RE: Victim Blaming?
September 19, 2016 at 12:43 am
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(September 19, 2016 at 12:41 am)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: (September 19, 2016 at 12:29 am)Bella Morte Wrote: Are you a feminist, by any chance? Yes but I'm blind so as I amended I treat everyone as semi-dangerous until proven otherwise
Well, that's sort of understandable if you're blind.
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RE: Victim Blaming?
September 19, 2016 at 12:44 am
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RE: Victim Blaming?
September 19, 2016 at 12:44 am
(September 19, 2016 at 12:39 am)Losty Wrote: 1) Bella!!!
2) I don't know how it could even be possible to function in the real world while treating everyone as a potential threat. Seems ridiculous.
Simple really, always stand an arms length away. Take notice of exits. And don't let anyone corner you. It's really not a conscious or obvious thing. It's more a coping mechanism than anything.
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RE: Victim Blaming?
September 19, 2016 at 1:54 am
(September 19, 2016 at 12:02 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Seeking to attach blame for a misdeed is an entirely natural human response to a misdeed.
I'm all for rational preparation, but attaching a pejorative label like "victim thinker" to someone simply because they want to attach blame for a crime is not only based on an unrealistic grasp of human psychology, it's also pretty heartless, I think.
A person can both stay prepared, and seek to place blame. Speaking rationally, asserting otherwise is a false dichotomy.
Certainly! And US courts agree and rightfully serve sentence to the guilty party of the rapist nearly no matter what the circumstance of the victim. Rape is rape and the volitional part (blame) is fully on the rapist which is mostly male because that's just how anatomy and evolutionary predisposition is.
I think the situation is worse than a "victim-hood, all men are rapists" mind set. It's becoming "women bear no self responsibility for their situation and their actions have no consequences."
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RE: Victim Blaming?
September 19, 2016 at 1:56 am
(September 19, 2016 at 12:29 am)Bella Morte Wrote: (September 18, 2016 at 11:57 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: Sorry fell asleep. All I'm trying to say is, as a woman we are already for the most part smaller and weaker. Why do something to put your life in danger. No it's not your fault, but in this world it's simply safer to treat all men as at least semi-dangerous until proven otherwise.
Are you a feminist, by any chance?
I'm a man and I'm not a feminist...and I do the same.
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