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CrispyQ

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16. I had no idea it was so rampant.

Reply to LiberalLoner (Reply #5)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 10:26 AM

Mar 2013

I realize there have been pervs among us since the beginning of our species, but am I the only one who thinks that it's beyond the scale of anything it's been before? Where are these perverse desires coming from? I think they're being cultivated by a culture that sexes up girls at a young age. Why did we think that once we accepted objectifying & pornifying women, that Madison Avenue & everyone else would limit to age 18 or older?

More & more, our culture accepts heinous behavior from men, particularly in regards to women.

This is somewhat related to my comment above. Remember this article & our discussion about it on the Feminist group?

Wiring Sexual Tastes to Hairless Genitals...Oops!

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/cupids-poisoned-arrow/201201/wiring-sexual-tastes-hairless-genitalsoops

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1139432 - The Feminist group discussion. I posted the article again in a thread on GD & out of the 3-4 responses, only one person thought the article had any validity. The others had a variety of excuses for why there was no validity to the idea.

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Thinking about rape, misogyny, domestic violence... [View all] LiberalLoner Mar 2013 OP

The backlash against women - is it getting worse? CrispyQ Mar 2013 #1

i have thought of that. without the nets, i think it was more pocket. but with the net, there are seabeyond Mar 2013 #7

Yes. I think it is similar to how racism has become more mainstream than ever, more open. I LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #12

+++ Whisp Mar 2013 #2

Arthur Koestler's concept of the "ghost in the machine" - IIRC - was something like that. nomorenomore08 Mar 2013 #21

I hope you don't mind me putting this song here: Whisp Mar 2013 #3

Thank you so much for this song.... LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #4

thank you. love the song. love the singer. nt seabeyond Mar 2013 #11

Portishead is never a bad idea... nomorenomore08 Mar 2013 #22

My eyes were opened to just how many men like kiddy porn... LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #5

yes. the thing about it is, people say consenting... so all is ok. a person wants it, and that seabeyond Mar 2013 #9

I had no idea it was so rampant. CrispyQ Mar 2013 #16

Yes, I think you are 100% correct! LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #17

Passed from Generation to Generation One_Life_To_Give Mar 2013 #18

With great care Liberal Loner. Helen Reddy Mar 2013 #19

Very very true, I have scars from the DU battles... LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #20

yes. little groups that feel the can go around and call women names with impunity. seabeyond Mar 2013 #6

To say the least. Disheartening is a word I'd use to describe it. LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #8

for protective measures, i tend to turn things into a sociological question with issues seabeyond Mar 2013 #10

Thank you. But it's hard not to take it personally when f rom a very young age I basically LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #13

"...a fart in a hurricane." CrispyQ Mar 2013 #14

Thank you! LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #15

I've also had that "doomed" sort of feeling for a while. More generalized, but comparable. nomorenomore08 Mar 2013 #23