Faqa Archive

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1	Rebecca Watson thinks (rightly) that blaming women for being raped is wrong. Then blames men for being assaulted by women. Assuming any man who's awkward, sexually explicit or just sexually forward is just out to hurt or rape women, just because he is a man, isn't just wrong; it is misandry, it is rape hysteria and it is heterophobia I'll go with you on the sexually forward or explicit things. Male sexuality shouldn't be seen as inherently threatening. It's bad for men, and the other side of the same coin that diminishes women. Awkward, though? No. Awkward means "ignorant of social cues", I presume? No. People who f…	/r/MensRights	18/08/12 11:22 AM
0	Rebecca Watson thinks (rightly) that blaming women for being raped is wrong. Then blames men for being assaulted by women. no irrational fears are still just that : FUCKING IRRATIONAL! yes i might fear having a false rape claim put on me but i'm not sane if i shut my life down because of it. i also fear being at the bank whille an armed man tries to rob it but that doesn't mean i never go to the bank. .... So what you're saying is that false rape claims happen about as often as bank robberies? Cuz that sounds contrary to the MRA hivemind, which is continually terrified of lying bitches just crooking a finger and sen…	/r/MensRights	17/08/12 04:34 PM
0	Rebecca Watson thinks (rightly) that blaming women for being raped is wrong. Then blames men for being assaulted by women. OK. Educate me on my sad, sad ways. Explain to me how "nobody ever try to come up to you" is as valid a social problem as the fear of physical harm.	/r/MensRights	17/08/12 04:04 PM
-1	Rebecca Watson thinks (rightly) that blaming women for being raped is wrong. Then blames men for being assaulted by women. Female-on-Male rape happens. Female-on-Male sexual harassment happens. Female-on-Male partner violence happens. It is a crime and a tragedy that they are treated the way they are. Why then, did I expound upon the elevator case in a male-female context? A woman could have creeped out a guy in the same way, violating his boundaries and making him feel unsafe. Any gender mix could do this. BUT men are LESS likely to feel threatened by this. We're socialized to believe women can't hurt us physically…	/r/MensRights	17/08/12 03:03 PM
-1	Rebecca Watson thinks (rightly) that blaming women for being raped is wrong. Then blames men for being assaulted by women. Would it surprise you to hear I'm a pretty socially oblivious guy? I get that these signals are not easy to read. But they're there. And the big lesson of social oblivion that I learned is that your actions have consequences even if you don't see them or intend them. Think about it. If you can't read her "fuck off" signals now, why should you be able to read her "I'm uncomfortable" signals in any theoretical date? Do you see how that would be a problem? As I've said elsewhere, the fear is quite …	/r/MensRights	17/08/12 02:50 PM
-2	Rebecca Watson thinks (rightly) that blaming women for being raped is wrong. Then blames men for being assaulted by women. Society doesn't work that way, and you know it. Women don't take it personally when you hit on them, women don't have pride invested in spraying you with the pepper spray, and women aren't expected to throw a drink in your face as part of their courting (you know, except in really bad romcoms). Meanwhile, the male ego can be quite wounded by being turned down by a woman. And aggression (or at least dominance) IS part and parcel of how men are supposed to act in society (ask Seddit if you don't b…	/r/MensRights	17/08/12 02:04 PM
0	Rebecca Watson thinks (rightly) that blaming women for being raped is wrong. Then blames men for being assaulted by women. Her escape is not exiting the elevator, because it is closed until they reach their floor. Even then, while exiting is effectively near her 'home' (room), which could be threatening, particularly late at night. I am speaking of the signals you give off whether you like it or not. Nobody cares that you are the nicest, purest guy in the world, if the signals you give off say otherwise. And ignoring the social context of your request - whether you see it or not - is giving off those signals. The jo…	/r/MensRights	17/08/12 01:41 PM
-8	Rebecca Watson thinks (rightly) that blaming women for being raped is wrong. Then blames men for being assaulted by women. No, I seriously did not. I said that saying no to that offer.... stands a chance of leading to a threat of physical harm. In specific contexts. Contexts people should be aware of and avoid, precisely to avoid making others feel threatened. And you are an illiterate turd, because the rest of my post is not about how to react to being turned down, it's about how to ask in such a way that the woman doesn't have to worry about you being a douchebag if she turns you down.	/r/MensRights	16/08/12 11:53 PM
-9	Rebecca Watson thinks (rightly) that blaming women for being raped is wrong. Then blames men for being assaulted by women. Did you just seriously compare threats of physical harm to not getting a date? Wow. It's not "getting an unwanted offer" that's the problem. The problem is, what happens when the offer is turned down? A decent chance of some pretty damn ugly things. "Not all men are like that!", you say? Damn straight they're not. But, uh, being wrong here is kind of catastrophic. So, what Ms. Watson's advice is, and has always been, is to keep that shit in situations where the woman can safely disengage if she'…	/r/MensRights	16/08/12 10:45 PM
-14	Rebecca Watson thinks (rightly) that blaming women for being raped is wrong. Then blames men for being assaulted by women. Now, kindly imagine that you had to deal with that every goddamn day. Imagine that half the women you said no to basically did a variation on what that woman did. Only with more threats of physical harm. Imagine that being your daily experience for years. You will THEN have the social context to understand Ms. Watson's comment and advice. It's not that all guys suck. It's that enough guys suck to make her wary about the rest when she doesn't know them.	/r/MensRights	16/08/12 10:06 PM
7	My mom said I was going to be circumcised, “While they were down there.” I begged her not to a pinprick that heals Is.... pretty much what circumcision is not. It is the removal of tissue, by definition and design. Yes, it heals over. It's still not a pinprick. It is designed to have consequences. And things should be banned based on what they DO, not why they're done. We can say that it's wrong for a father to kill his son, no matter how much he thinks God wants it, for a trivial example. And circumcision's EFFECT is mutilation. As severe as FGM? I don't know. But it's not something to…	/r/MensRights	11/08/12 11:36 AM