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In reply to the discussion: Y'know... [View all]Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)23. I find it saddening and frustrating
I just don't know what to say beyond that. After 8 years I am left shaking my head and just relegating people to ignore because alerting does nothing.
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disrespect for women exists everywhere even in the democratic party and
liberal_at_heart
Nov 2012
#10
i hear ya. this is what i have been saying. 80's we were going along fine. something happened in
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#56
i think so. because i know with the gingrich was the start of the feel that i was getting.
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#111
exactly. 70's both genders were working to meld together in respect it seemed.
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#115
well the other thing that did happen was that pornography became much more ubiquitous
grantcart
Nov 2012
#128
yes... to those things also. and you have a two parent working home more often now
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#132
Will, I try to stay out of this, usually don't do Meta on it. If I do, I usually end up deleting it.
freshwest
Nov 2012
#24
I was in college in the late sixties and early seventies. It was about liberation and equality.
freshwest
Nov 2012
#149
I didn't bother to read all the posts in your original thread because I knew things would go
Liberal_in_LA
Nov 2012
#39
I would hope that the explanation for this is that the university finds "Don't Rape" to be a
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2012
#66
Facepalm because? The rambling tha led to my conclusion or the conclusion itself? Or door number
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2012
#102
Third time I have seen it posted here. My take is women on that campus need more than feminism.
geckosfeet
Nov 2012
#67
Don't Rape ... WTH??? May I reframe just a bit ... No Means No. Repeat after me ...
libdem4life
Nov 2012
#70
Missed the other threads but have lately become VERY discouraged @ women's issues on DU
riderinthestorm
Nov 2012
#74
he one posted yesterday that I read had one stat that stood out for me...
LanternWaste
Nov 2012
#174
that is too far out to even kinda believe. every experience, every bit of fact we know is
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#167
So, in the absence of a college guidance counselor informing you that raping is wrong...
lumberjack_jeff
Nov 2012
#95
If there must be education in "how to avoid getting raped" during freshman orientation,
Chorophyll
Nov 2012
#107
Here's an idea: let's leave aside the word "feminism." Why not have ALL the incoming freshmen
Chorophyll
Nov 2012
#165
Ridiculous, unless your definition of rape is strictly "crazy stranger in the shadows."
Chorophyll
Nov 2012
#163
when I was FizzFuzz back on DU2, people REALLY didnt get it...and a lot of Feminists got banned
BlancheSplanchnik
Nov 2012
#96
+1. I hereby announce the winner of "The most narcissistic thread ever" award.
lumberjack_jeff
Nov 2012
#126
exactly right. i could NEVER recommend DU to progressive friends because of this.
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#191
Whats contraversial about this? Its the truth everywhere. Why aren't we teaching empathy as well?
marble falls
Nov 2012
#110
5,000 years of "Law of the Jungle" conditioning vs. 4,000 days of DU? No contest.
TahitiNut
Nov 2012
#112
I agree that rape is bad and every effort should be made to stop it, teaching people not to rape
Dustlawyer
Nov 2012
#121
I disagree. I believe that many fewer date rapes would occur if there was better education.
yardwork
Nov 2012
#122
My reaction is that it is a sad thing that any such course need be taught.
malthaussen
Nov 2012
#133
And we now have a DU poster defending his serial raping as a youthful rite of passage.
morningfog
Nov 2012
#154
Basically on the grounds that he was "mistaken" and now he knows better, so . . .
patrice
Nov 2012
#160
Yep. I avoid those kinds of power struggles like the plague, because they are Lose : Lose. nt
patrice
Nov 2012
#158
Yeah. Truth. Right on. Damn straight. The real deal. On point. Should be obvious to all. K&R nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2012
#161
The only one I saw the one posted by NYC_SKP, and that one had no arguing.
ZombieHorde
Nov 2012
#170
ya. good point. we really should be more gentle about this. some of us have been
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#178