heartbreakcity Archive

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3	Q4ALL: Thoughts on the Google Manifesto? Right? They have the right to say whatever they want to. They don't have the right to an audience.	/r/PurplePillDebate	08/08/17 03:19 AM
1	Any advice on how I can better handle an exchange like this? Are you fucking serious? I'm a woman; we talk to each other. I have called out other women before on their bullshit reasons on why a guy came across as creepy. I also am intimately acquainted with what is creepy to the vast majority of women, and it was that that I counseled you to avoid. Of course I judge men who don't follow what I want them to do; they're fucking idiots if they think that groping at me, or casually remarking how much they'd like to fuck me, or inquiring about my "proportions"…	/r/MensRights	01/11/12 10:16 PM
1	Any advice on how I can better handle an exchange like this? Look, I'm gonna say it right now. Fuck right off. I have every rational reason to be afraid of rape. Having been a victim of rape, rape terrifies me more than murder. A man calling a woman a bitch simply because she spurns his advances tells me that man has little respect for women; he expects to be handed sex and is angry when he doesn't get it. That sort of man scares me.	/r/MensRights	01/11/12 08:27 PM
1	Any advice on how I can better handle an exchange like this? I have every right to dictate someone else's behavior when that person wants something from me. If he chooses to continue to act in a way that I find offensive or creepy, then I will either 1) remove myself from his presence and mace him if he attempts to follow me - which has happened on more than one occasion. Or, 2) loudly and offensively educate him on why he ought not be such a massive dickbag whilst attempting to pick someone up. Social cues are universal; if a woman shies away when you tr…	/r/MensRights	01/11/12 08:25 PM
1	Any advice on how I can better handle an exchange like this? For the love of god, don't tell me my fear is irrational; I have been raped. I absolutely have a legitimate reason to be afraid; I have been given reason to be afraid. Do not think for one second that you have the right/obligation to "educate" me on what I should or should not fear.	/r/MensRights	01/11/12 08:02 PM
1	Any advice on how I can better handle an exchange like this? While I agree in many respects, I also disagree in a few. For instance, if you've been informed that some behaviors come off as creepy to women, you lose your right to bitch and moan about how women are too easily creeped out, or even get righteously indignant over women being creeped out in the first place when you choose to continue to do them. ("You" is a general "you" in this circumstance; I am not implying that you, personally, are doing this) Also, talking to a woman in public is the best …	/r/MensRights	01/11/12 07:59 PM
1	Any advice on how I can better handle an exchange like this? For the record, I upvoted yours as well. Even if I disagree with the opinion, I see no need to passive-aggressively downvote every comment.	/r/MensRights	25/10/12 11:17 PM
1	Any advice on how I can better handle an exchange like this? In my personal opinion, broad daylight, public spaces? However you like. It doesn't really matter if you're insulting or even sort of threatening; provided you don't pull a weapon on a woman or grab her, she's not going to feel terribly threatened. Insulted, maybe, but not threatened. Because of the environment, you are a non-threat. "Rapist" or even "potential mugger" would not even cross my mind. In a dark alley, if you're a man approaching a woman (really, anyone, but you're specifically refe…	/r/MensRights	25/10/12 11:11 PM
2	Any advice on how I can better handle an exchange like this? Even though I'm actually the one who started this, I disagree in general with the Schrodinger's rapist thing. It is foolish to assume every man you meet is a potential rapist. At the same time, it is wise to exercise caution in an unsafe environment with a stranger. Exercising caution doesn't mean I think every man is a rapist (which some have taken it out of its given context to mean). All it means is that I use good common sense to reduce my risk of becoming a statistic.	/r/MensRights	25/10/12 10:45 PM
2	Any advice on how I can better handle an exchange like this? I apologize if that bit was offensive; I used an extreme example for exaggeration purposes. It really was not my intent to imply that men don't teach their sons not to rape. I was just using it to display the ridiculous (to me) argument that we shouldn't teach women to be wary of strangers (any strangers, really, but it was men in this example). Your example was a far better one. Kidnapping is even more statistically unlikely than rape, but we still teach our children not to talk to strangers. N…	/r/MensRights	25/10/12 10:39 PM
0	Any advice on how I can better handle an exchange like this? Rape has a very real chance of occurring. Please look up the statistics. Perhaps because you are male, you don't actually have any real fear of rape. I fear violence in general, but only in situations which would otherwise be unsafe. I don't fear violence in my home; I have weapons. I don't fear violence in a crowd; I'm surrounded by people who would actively prohibit such an act. Your argument seems to be that because you believe I am unlikely to be raped at any particular one point in time tha…	/r/MensRights	25/10/12 06:50 PM
0	Any advice on how I can better handle an exchange like this? Again, I live my life not with the expectation of being raped, but with doing my best to control my personal health and safety. I don't live in constant fear, I am merely vigilant and wary around strangers. The fear of rape is not insignificant, however low the chances are of being raped by a stranger. It doesn't mean that I expect to get raped, it means that rape is an incredibly frightening, painful, and damaging crime, and I am correct to fear being raped, and correct to avoid dangerous situa…	/r/MensRights	25/10/12 06:20 PM
0	Any advice on how I can better handle an exchange like this? That last bit is pretty much exactly what I'm saying. I'm not wary of you because you're a man, I'm wary of you because you are a person I don't know approaching me in a way that may or may not be threatening. I don't know if you're going to pull a gun or ask me for the time. And again, just because the likelihood that I will be raped or sexually assaulted at any given time by a stranger is low doesn't make it a negligible risk. Just like I buckle my seat belt before I start my car, and just lik…	/r/MensRights	25/10/12 05:50 PM
2	Any advice on how I can better handle an exchange like this? Any chance of violence, however minuscule, is enough to cause one to be wary. That's why preventive measures are necessary. It doesn't mean I think you're a rapist; it means I don't know your intentions and I'm wary when I'm in a situation with someone I don't know where there is no clear avenue for escape or help, just as anyone, man or woman, should be. You're correct in the fact that rapists are rapists, whether they've been told not to rape or not. But the fact remains that I cannot possibly…	/r/MensRights	25/10/12 05:03 PM
6	Any advice on how I can better handle an exchange like this? For the record, I don't believe every man I meet might be a rapist. That is a foolish and insulting supposition. I am merely wary of my surroundings. Let me give a small example: If you approach me on a crowded street in broad daylight, I absolutely have no fear of you or have even considered the likelihood that you might be a rapist. I'm not threatened at all. Even if you did happen to be a rapist, the situation isn't threatening because I am surrounded by people and in a public place. If you c…	/r/MensRights	25/10/12 04:27 PM