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HipChick

(25,614 posts) Fri Dec 27, 2013, 03:30 PM Dec 2013

A group of South African Men explain why they rape.. [View all]

A recent Sky News survey reveals the harrowing attitudes some South African men hold towards rape. Some claim women “want to get raped,” while others say they don’t feel bad because “she was good to sleep with.”

The study is unscientific, but recent official reports on rape and assault also offer horrific insights. Last week international researchers found that one in four men in some parts of Asia admitted to raping a woman, and one-third of women worldwide have been victims of domestic or sexual assault.

Sky News asked 38 men if they had raped a woman; 28 said they had, and explained why and how. It’s difficult to read just one side of the story — especially the rapists.

http://news.sky.com/story/1144107/shocking-attitudes-to-rape-in-south-africa

http://www.buzzfeed.com/alisonvingiano/a-group-of-south-african-men-explained-why-they-raped

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A group of South African Men explain why they rape.. [View all] HipChick Dec 2013 OP

Kick. nt LumosMaxima Dec 2013 #1

That second link was hard to read. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #2

They are the product of their culture, and almost all of the world's dominant cultures Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #6

All the world's dominant cultures whathehell Dec 2013 #8

Consider that this state of idiocy only came about after the desert god of death gained popularity. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #10

I don't think we really know how it was when women ruled the world. El_Johns Dec 2013 #13

Human beings have been in a "state of idiocy", you might say, since time immemorial whathehell Dec 2013 #15

depressing. Matariki Dec 2013 #3

That is pretty depressing. And possibly not that far off in some cases el_bryanto Dec 2013 #4

ITA. Probably similar responses would come up in many countries. nt raccoon Dec 2013 #7

this would be the point. and this would be why we discuss it. to understand it is not the monster seabeyond Dec 2013 #9

These animals won't understand it until it Ilsa Dec 2013 #5

Absoutly disgusting smirkymonkey Dec 2013 #11

flvegan's Blackwater is just one Powerball win or serious donor away. flvegan Dec 2013 #12

sick bastards Skittles Dec 2013 #14

That was scary treestar Dec 2013 #16