no more, no less. a pediatrician looks at ALL parents as POTENTIAL abusers.

[Luminous Animal]

94. What do you think the theory means?

It does not mean that all men are future rapists. Or that all men are innately capable of rape. Or that all men would probably rape if they could get away with it.

It means that women need to realize the majority of rapists aren't the scary abductors on the street. It means that a rapist can be that scary stranger or a rapist can be "regular ole man". An uncle, a dad, a stepdad, a boyfriend, a husband, a neighbor, a classmate, an acquaintance; and since 80% of rapes and sexual assaults are committed by someone the woman knows, all the "stranger danger" precautions don't mean squat in real life situations. I myself was raised on the stranger danger model and was sexually assaulted in the 1960s by two uncles and didn't say a word to anyone. I raised my daughter in the 1990s, and in concurrence with all the public education warning her about how to protect herself out on the streets, I made sure that she had the awareness to protect herself domestically, as well.