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In reply to the discussion: Rape more Common than Smoking in the US [View all]femrap
(13,418 posts)my posts alerted and then hidden, what can I say? So I'll just quote:
"In one sample of college-aged men, one in sixteen men admitted to raping women they either knew were too intoxicated to give consent, or they used physical force. Among these men who readily admitted to rape but had never been arrested or convicted, they committed an average of six rapes each and proudly described their sexual exploits to the interviewer (Lisak and Miller 2002)."
I believe this says it all. I would imagine that the rapist told many of his buddies about how proud he was of being a rapist. Did any of his buddies do ANYTHING?
A few years ago, after reading how 'progressive' males regard the rape of women, I bought a gun. And I have a permit to carry it. I look at this as my attempt to level the playing field.
I am a human being and I deserve to protect myself from rapists and anyone who assaults me. And you'll be glad to know, I haven't had to shoot anyone.
I would be interested in seeing statistics on how many males leave their girlfriends/fiances/wives after these women in their lives were raped.
And just so we all understand the meaning of rape (as Akin made obvious), only women can become pregnant, not the males. So there is, IMHO, a major difference between the rape of a woman and the rape of a male, because of that reason. Never mind that the average male is stronger than the average woman. Are you going to call me a BIGOT AGAIN??? Be my guest. These are facts. Reality.
Thank you, Tsiyu, for an excellent OP. I am sending it to my email address so I can keep it forever and pass it along when someone needs an education regarding RAPE.
I think of all the times when I was young and I didn't go to a party or a movie or simply for a walk because I was afraid of The Rape Culture. And it has gotten so much worse. And no one can tell me that the legalization of pron has not had an affect....it has confirmed most vehemently that women are NOT human....we're just something a male uses to release his tension.
May the patriarchy suffer while it dies.