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In reply to the discussion: The vast majority of men have never raped nor thought about raping anyone. [View all]Chorophyll
(5,179 posts)I think what some DUers don't get is that while most men won't commit a rape per se, we live in a rape culture. Women are leered at, groped, and commented upon from an early age. And not always in a complimentary way. I can remember walking down the street with my friends and having random men assess us in detail, saying things like "I'll take the one in the middle," as if we were unthinking objects who had no say in the matter. And by the way, we were in a GROUP, and not dressed provocatively. So there's your "self-defense" argument.
So if we're not teaching young men how to behave at home -- which means no leering, no comments, no groping, no threatening, and of course no raping -- where should it be taught? I vote school, along with health and sex education. I don't see how any reasonable person could object to that.