2016 Postmortem

LexVegas

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99. Rec. nt

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Mon Oct 10, 2016, 08:30 AM

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Men of DU [View all] boston bean Oct 2016 OP

Making others feel bad is not OK metroins Oct 2016 #1

No, we shouldn't ask victims to silence themselves La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2016 #2

People can speak anyway they want metroins Oct 2016 #4

Repercussions? Please elaborate. bettyellen Oct 2016 #9

Agree, we need some clarification. Rex Oct 2016 #21

Love the display of male dominance backed up by nothing. Good men are not afraid to listen without bettyellen Oct 2016 #22

Your post deserves a thousand recs for truth. boston bean Oct 2016 #26

Aww, thanks Bean! I tell you, most who've hung out with teams in college have seen this shit first bettyellen Oct 2016 #36

I've never in my life GWC58 Oct 2016 #58

Thank you n/t sarge43 Oct 2016 #39

I've become super familiar with these silencing techniques and am like NOPE. bettyellen Oct 2016 #42

Yup. We're leaning in. Deal with it. sarge43 Oct 2016 #55

Crickets. Rex Oct 2016 #77

lolz obamanut2012 Oct 2016 #18

What the hell are you talking about? Kingofalldems Oct 2016 #19

Men don't get groped as often, and we are better able to defend ourselves. FrodosPet Oct 2016 #81

Not true JSup Oct 2016 #97

Wtf are you talking about? I've had unwanted hands on me before. NWCorona Oct 2016 #100

So why did you hurt the OPs feelings in your first reply? Rex Oct 2016 #20

The OP did not ask anyone to be silent, did she? Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2016 #80

Women are not allowed to discuss being groped because it makes you feel bad? Seriously? Squinch Oct 2016 #3

Re-read my post metroins Oct 2016 #5

Nope. I got it right. Maybe you just wrote it wrong. Squinch Oct 2016 #17

You need to be more clear then, thx in advance uponit7771 Oct 2016 #48

THIS! bettyellen Oct 2016 #11

Wow!!! n/t etherealtruth Oct 2016 #7

Nope, fuck that. If you are somehow taking it personally you need to step back and wonder why. bettyellen Oct 2016 #8

I have to disagree with you. Pacifist Patriot Oct 2016 #14

^^^THAT X 100000^^^ onecaliberal Oct 2016 #27

Well said. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2016 #85

THANK YOU!!! AwakeAtLast Oct 2016 #95

I am fucking tired of people on here telling us to be quiet about this obamanut2012 Oct 2016 #15

women aren't responsible for your feelings BainsBane Oct 2016 #23

What in absolute fuck? Starry Messenger Oct 2016 #34

Nah. People should tell their experiences. MineralMan Oct 2016 #40

no doubt Trump would love to have you as a friend lunatica Oct 2016 #45

Good men and they are legion won't feel bad about these stories sarge43 Oct 2016 #54

good post obamanut2012 Oct 2016 #56

Thank you sarge43 Oct 2016 #60

Rape culture hurts men, too obamanut2012 Oct 2016 #61

Good points. Thanks. nt Eleanors38 Oct 2016 #64

Thank you, metroins. nt Eleanors38 Oct 2016 #63

What are you thanking metroins for? boston bean Oct 2016 #78

This message was self-deleted by its author JTFrog Oct 2016 #87

Good question. n/t JTFrog Oct 2016 #89

For telling us to stop making them feel all icky. Because what's important here is that Squinch Oct 2016 #101

It is impossible to judge when one's private truths might somehow pnwmom Oct 2016 #65

Excuse me??? MrScorpio Oct 2016 #66

it should make good men feel outraged, not bad Skittles Oct 2016 #75

speak away, men need to do more listening to women nt geek tragedy Oct 2016 #6

Of course we know a vast majority of men Duckhunter935 Oct 2016 #24

No one said the vast majority so you can step off with that bullshit okay? bettyellen Oct 2016 #38

yawn obamanut2012 Oct 2016 #44

I would never grope a woman in such a manner jzodda Oct 2016 #10

Have you ever seen where female tv journalists while live on tv have men come up behind them and boston bean Oct 2016 #33

Amen... I've not known anyone who talks like that either ... groping on its face is creepy uponit7771 Oct 2016 #51

Why is it necessary to defend yourself this way? I like you very much. but why in the world do you boston bean Oct 2016 #57

Perhaps you know something about these posters that I don't, Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2016 #82

I responded specifically to this: boston bean Oct 2016 #83

The fact is that most sexual assaults are committed by men...n/t Cakes488 Oct 2016 #12

No offense taken Generic Brad Oct 2016 #13

Get it out, Sisters! TexasProgresive Oct 2016 #16

Why the fuck would any man be offended by women telling their stories of assault? retrowire Oct 2016 #25

Kick. Agschmid Oct 2016 #28

Aye JohnnyLib2 Oct 2016 #29

Not at all. With 3 teenage and older daughters, Trump might be the best thing to advance this issue. TheBlackAdder Oct 2016 #30

I cannot speak for all men obviously... Caliman73 Oct 2016 #31

Giving you ((HUGS))! Wonderful! Thankyou! boston bean Oct 2016 #32

+1 nt Xipe Totec Oct 2016 #47

+1 uponit7771 Oct 2016 #52

Love you! Pacifist Patriot Oct 2016 #71

But wait! Not all men! Orrex Oct 2016 #35

I agree. I don't think people realize how prevalent this is. boston bean Oct 2016 #69

I'm learning from reading all of those posts. MineralMan Oct 2016 #37

+1, I'm also learning there's way to many instances of it uponit7771 Oct 2016 #53

Sister, Don't Ask for Male Permission to Speak Out! McKim Oct 2016 #41

Weird, aint it. Just like white people having a denial freakout over racism. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2016 #43

Yep Pacifist Patriot Oct 2016 #73

Yes, it's called 'Male Privilege' whathehell Oct 2016 #98

The number of women who've posted about about such on DU makes me sad... fuckin sad uponit7771 Oct 2016 #46

1 mother, 2 sisters, 3 nieces. BobbyDrake Oct 2016 #49

No problem Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2016 #50

Not only groping but just the stupid sexist comments rbrnmw Oct 2016 #59

Personally, Oldem Oct 2016 #62

Men, we women are not condemning all of you HockeyMom Oct 2016 #67

True. We need these men to stand with us. Understand how prevalent this issue is for women. boston bean Oct 2016 #68

Thank you Duckhunter935 Oct 2016 #74

Agreed. kairos12 Oct 2016 #70

I completely agree Curtis Oct 2016 #72

It is not an affront to my male gender. It is directed against predatory males who should be exposed guillaumeb Oct 2016 #76

I feel that is a major problem right there. Rex Oct 2016 #86

Agreed. One arises from the other. guillaumeb Oct 2016 #91

Not offended or affronted, here. Warren DeMontague Oct 2016 #79

None taken. Iggo Oct 2016 #84

Sexual Assault is what Trump has admitted to doing awake Oct 2016 #88

I'll admit I didn't know it was so widespread IronLionZion Oct 2016 #90

Zero offense taken - I've always found those kinds of attitudes, bullwinkle428 Oct 2016 #92

Was away on vacay and didn't see what prompted this but... stevenleser Oct 2016 #93

Thanks BB! Maru Kitteh Oct 2016 #94

I won't take any offense. ZombieHorde Oct 2016 #96

Rec. nt LexVegas Oct 2016 #99