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History of Feminism

malthaussen

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7. My out-there hypothesis is that our culture wants to promote depersonalization

Reply to redqueen (Reply #6)

Fri Jul 27, 2012, 03:24 PM

Jul 2012

... everywhere, and in everything, because then the individual will feel even more alone, isolated, and vulnerable to predators than he would if he felt connection to others. Thus he would feel more afraid, and be more easy to manipulate.

-- Mal

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Rapists Explain Themselves on Reddit, and We Should Listen [View all] redqueen Jul 2012 OP

Of course we must pity the rapists. malthaussen Jul 2012 #1

Pity the rapist? redqueen Jul 2012 #2

Seems to me the argument... malthaussen Jul 2012 #3

Oh yeah sorry, I introduced that line of thought... redqueen Jul 2012 #4

I was impressed by the article malthaussen Jul 2012 #5

Nice insight re: communication. redqueen Jul 2012 #6

My out-there hypothesis is that our culture wants to promote depersonalization malthaussen Jul 2012 #7

Men can stop rape ismnotwasm Jul 2012 #8