The “Nice Guy” defense

solinv · 2011-07-13T20:51:42+00:00

The one thing that struck me is how women are indoctrinated to fear being raped using the exact same techniques rapists use to intimidate their victims into submission. I find this incredibly disturbing. It's almost as if fighting against rape is being used as a tool to control the female population. And as seen on this subreddit, has had significant consequences to men also.

turinturambar · 2011-07-13T21:06:25+00:00

i stopped reading after she added her own bigoted slur for "Psychology Today".

Then I scrolled down to realize I shouldn't have expected any better, as the article is by Amanda Marcotte. This woman must get a high out of writing pieces that anger and sully men and their dignity.

It's sad how many people seem to support her bigoted, narrow-minded view in the comments, one even going so far as to call it "an article that brings in research (yay, research!) into the picture"... feminism is so deeply associated with science today that people forget that it's an ideology with flimsy foundations and no basis in science (as it continues to claim those foundations as valid even after science has discredited them in several ways). Ew.

I upvote the story so more people can condemn this ignorant view.

2011-07-15T04:21:02+00:00

Good points--reminds me of that book, "No More Mr. Nice Guy," in which the author talks about how some men use "niceness" as a manipulation tactic, which hides their usually surprising levels of anger, hostility, and violence at bay. Like people who interrogate others for a living, they use niceness to pin others down and expose their frailties while remaining beyond reproof themselves.

2011-07-14T02:35:35+00:00

Talk about straw man!

Title	The “Nice Guy” defense
Author	thetrollking
Upvotes	2
Comments	5
Date	July 13, 2011 7:26 PM UTC (15 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/iopna/the_nice_guy_defense/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MensRights/the-nice-guy-defense.1037361 https://theredarchive.com/post/1037361

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