To All Men: If you offer a child a lolipop, the community will go batshit insane.

Amorack · 2009-08-28T23:59:10+00:00

Yes probably it's sexist and he's innocent, but who's stupid enough in this day and age to randomly drive up to children and offer them lollipops. It'd be nice if a man could just do something nice without being accused of something horrible but today he can't so I don't see any reason to do something that could ruin your entire life.

Edit: Edited for clarity.

kanuk876 · 2009-08-29T00:49:19+00:00

Drawing from personal experience, it's not the lolipop-bearing men to watch out for, it's the grade-2 pedophile teachers.

Pedophiles who are systemically protected and shuffled around the system by mostly-female administrative staff working for a government institution. "I don't care what you do, just not in my school". There's been more than one case of this in Canada.

Perhaps it is women who should not be entrusted with the welfare of other people's children. Or perhaps it's government institutions who should not be trusted.

Or all of the above, including the lolipop-bearing man.

Little_Kitty · 2009-08-29T00:06:27+00:00

But how else am I to get the news about my new improved lollipop out to the world?

AnnArchist · 2009-08-29T05:12:32+00:00

Did he also have a white windowless van with puppies in the back?

Cassio · 2009-08-29T10:39:40+00:00

I don't know about you but my parents taught me not to talk to strangers when there is no one around that I know to be family or a family friend. And I would do the same with my kids. Why? Not because they might be male (or female) but because they are strangers. Male tend to be more the molesting kind and women tend to be the abducting kind - whereas those function can be on either side. And every parent who teaches their children otherwise - I think - is being irresponsible.

redalastor · 2009-08-29T10:54:18+00:00

I don't know how to feel about this. I'm sure the man is in the right and should not be called a paedo for a good action but, on the other hand, I would never have accepted anything from a stranger and I still think it's not a good idea to do so.

Starch · 2009-08-31T00:06:28+00:00

I'll do you one better; not only would I never offer a child anything, I would think twice about helping a child, whether lost, injured, drowning, ect.

kloo2yoo · 2009-08-29T00:36:31+00:00

a man who has reportedly driven up to children at least twice in recent weeks and asked them if they wanted lollipops.

sorry, but that IS batshit insane. I'm with amorack's first comment here.

Title	To All Men: If you offer a child a lolipop, the community will go batshit insane.
Author	[deleted]
Upvotes	24
Comments	15
Date	August 28, 2009 11:37 PM UTC (16 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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