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In reply to the discussion: Rape culture, airplanes, and unaccompanied minors [View all]Dokkie
(1,688 posts)19. Just replace child with white
and Men with black and you see how stupid it is to make broad generalizations like that about large groups of people. Our 16yr old baby sitter tried to molest(tried to force us to her her oral sex) us when we were little but you don't see me going around labeling 16yr old girls as child molesters.
Rape culture is sexism just as much as profiling every black man as a potential armed robber or thief is racism. Heck, I dont even know which black man is going to steal from me and I am black. If you gonna live in a civilized society as ours, you gotta learn to be a little bit more trusting of your fellow human.
F*** rape culture
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another point that i feel is relevant. we are in a society where men themselves promote that their
seabeyond
Aug 2012
#3
Statistically speaking, there is an average of at least one child molester on every full jetliner.
pnwmom
Aug 2012
#7
On the other hand a child is statistically much more likely to be molested by a family member..
Fumesucker
Aug 2012
#12
It will be interesting to see the outcome of that. It doesn't take away from the fact, however,
pnwmom
Aug 2012
#38
wow....wait soooo because some men rape children..ALL men are potential rapists????
DFab420
Aug 2012
#9
Potentially, yes. And we (human beings) are all potential thieves, and potential killers.
pnwmom
Aug 2012
#11
And statistically speaking family members are far more likely to molest children than strangers..
Fumesucker
Aug 2012
#14
Therefore men must never be allowed to sit near a child? Would you like us to chemically castrate
DFab420
Aug 2012
#15
Nope. Just don't complain about the trivial inconvenience of changing one aisle seat
pnwmom
Aug 2012
#39
haha of course.... how dare I complain about the trivial inconvenience of being treated like
DFab420
Aug 2012
#44
Because it calls all men rapists? Or because it only implies we are all child-molestors?
DFab420
Aug 2012
#17
OK cut/paste here: "so we still end up being taught that men are potential rapists"
gollygee
Aug 2012
#29
because of this mindset, when I'm out walking my dog, I'm very reluctant to interact at all
KG
Aug 2012
#22
Also, I think people WANT to be in denial about the problem of acquaintance rape...
Odin2005
Aug 2012
#35