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aikoaiko

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27. Not every boy or man, but sadly there was a "seduction model" that was sexual force and rape

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Sep 17, 2018, 12:25 PM

Sep 2018

maybe still is.

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/19/weekinreview/word-for-worda-scholarly-debate-rhett-scarlett-rough-sex-rape-feminists-give.html

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It is an insult to all men... [View all] kpete Sep 2018 OP

No. Not "every man" should be worried...unless they did the same thing. dameatball Sep 2018 #1

The implication is that "every man" should be worried that someone makes up something like that. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #32

You make sense. Also these issues go way beyond Congress, as you know. dameatball Sep 2018 #33

Just said the same to hubby mcar Sep 2018 #2

Right.. I just asked my husband mountain grammy Sep 2018 #14

No shit, Sherlock... regnaD kciN Sep 2018 #3

+10 !!! nt reACTIONary Sep 2018 #22

Very true. DavidDvorkin Sep 2018 #4

I do find something insulting about it Cary Sep 2018 #5

It's like I despise people who behave that way Cary Sep 2018 #6

As a man, I just gotta say, "Wow." dchill Sep 2018 #7

Al Franken, Al Franken, Al Franken ProudLib72 Sep 2018 #8

I know that some of it was luck dflprincess Sep 2018 #9

I think so as well. warmfeet Sep 2018 #35

I remember when Trump claimed his comments were "locker room talk." Still In Wisconsin Sep 2018 #10

gov't of, by, and for assholes Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2018 #28

Agreed. Always pisses me off, the whole boys will be boys argument GulfCoast66 Sep 2018 #11

Good ol'boys will be good ol' boys, and they should not be allowed near the wheels of power. lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #29

The irony: I am sometimes described as a good ole boy! GulfCoast66 Sep 2018 #34

I wasn't aware of that usage of the term; as a Yankee, my context is very different lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #44

Yet such lotharios are the same fux who claim the moral high ground lambchopp59 Sep 2018 #12

I'm gonna go way out on a limb and say he's trying to imply that Cavanaugh is innocent and the woman mr_lebowski Sep 2018 #13

Most of us have bad experiences with other people. IluvPitties Sep 2018 #24

But the dude doesn't say that ... mr_lebowski Sep 2018 #30

He means "every Republican man should be worried"... BamaRefugee Sep 2018 #15

That tweet would be a lot more effective had it come ecstatic Sep 2018 #16

Did they defend Al Franken? Duppers Sep 2018 #17

The way I figure it, rusty quoin Sep 2018 #18

Uh-huh, but Kavanaugh will be Confirmed Frequency Kenneth Sep 2018 #19

It is an insult to men and women. recovering_democrat Sep 2018 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author recovering_democrat Sep 2018 #21

I wanted to be liked and get laid, not rape anybody! IluvPitties Sep 2018 #23

Yes. I never did anything like that. I never would have. MineralMan Sep 2018 #25

I hate to accuse his drunk ass friend but I suspect that he MaryMagdaline Sep 2018 #26

Mark Judge? nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #39

Yes. Total Freudian slip MaryMagdaline Sep 2018 #40

LOL! dodge. Good one. nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #42

Not every boy or man, but sadly there was a "seduction model" that was sexual force and rape aikoaiko Sep 2018 #27

Thankfully, most men are into consent TexasBushwhacker Sep 2018 #31

A few men have done this to lots of women IronLionZion Sep 2018 #36

The concern is legitimate even in this scenario it is something completely different tymorial Sep 2018 #37

I understand it. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #41

These people really hate women. MrScorpio Sep 2018 #38

When I was 17 I was fooling around with a girl. MarianJack Sep 2018 #43

Some folks are off the rails BannonsLiver Sep 2018 #45