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8. The difference in reactions was disturbing

Reply to rug (Original post)

Fri Sep 26, 2014, 10:46 PM

Sep 2014

Clearly, the male was seen as deserving of his fate and his abuse amused people. His symbolic emasculation at the hand of a woman maybe?

I thought it was striking how the women tried to defuse the situation when another woman was attacked. Men seemed not to know what to do with the exception of the one African American guy who joined in and slapped the dude playfully then followed watching the event. Did the men fail to react for fear of further "embarrassing" the guy?

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Social experiment. (Graphic simulated violence) [View all] rug Sep 2014 OP

please put up a graphic video warning. 1.16 mi into it, & I had to stop irisblue Sep 2014 #1

Sorry. rug Sep 2014 #2

thank you irisblue Sep 2014 #3

If you feel up to it, try to watch the whole thing. rug Sep 2014 #4

As this video shows men and women are conditioned Harmony Blue Sep 2014 #5

My Father in law and Mother in law..... Xolodno Sep 2014 #6

This is stupid, and it's certainly not an "experiment". Agschmid Sep 2014 #7

Thank you for your incisive comments. rug Sep 2014 #9

No problem. Agschmid Sep 2014 #10

Actually there's more than that in this thread. rug Sep 2014 #11

The difference in reactions was disturbing Generic Other Sep 2014 #8