TAKE BACK THE NIGHT UBC: A facebook group stirs up quite a few people following the sexual assaults on campus

Grailums · 2013-10-23T03:46:30+00:00

The amount of stupidity on that facebook page is depressing.

The few who understand that men aren't the only ones who rape are talked down to and have "facts" (read: what people think with no education) shoved down their throats.

It's rather depressing.

crfth · 2013-10-23T11:59:57+00:00

I've lurked here a few times, never bothered to make an account but that page has been widely discussed in my friend circle and its been making me furious for the last few days.

In light of the assaults I've taken time to escort any of my friends who ask me to, I now am walking my girlfriend home if its past dark when she leaves my on campus housing. I have never assaulted a woman by any definition. Yet I've been bombarded with the message this is my fault. I've been told that walking my girlfriend home is part of the problem. I'm told that if I express discomfort at being held accountable for the actions of someone else that I'm supporting rape culture. The amount of vitriol being thrown at men disgusts me.

They are saying the RCMP is victim blaming, when all that they've said is to exercise greater caution when alone at night. Nothing was said about clothes, nothing was said about state of intoxication. There hasn't been a single article that's victim blamed.

I know I'm ranting, just needed somewhere to vent about this

notnotnotfred · 2013-10-23T03:09:14+00:00

Yet they say nothing to those (men) who feel entitled enough to initiate these sexual assaults. Even worse, the university CONTRIBUTES to this rape culture by PERMITTING such mentalities to proliferate in the first place.

Is there an orientation? My correctable impression is that most of the US federally supported universities have a "no can rape girlz" lecture, that's usually integrated into the orientation fun times. Is there no counterpart program in the Canadian universities?

2013-10-23T04:38:38+00:00

I spent way too much time reading the comments on this page. One girl said that prejudice against the majority is fair(because men are potential rapists) but prejudice against the minority is bigotry...a larger percentage of black people commit violent crimes, than the percentage of men who rape.

TheOtherBono · 2013-10-23T11:50:21+00:00

This is why I have all but given up on facebook. Too many fems propagating false information and vitriol (to disturbingly/overwhelmingly positive reception) and too many 40yr old birds posting 10 year old 4chan memes (to much of the same)

Title	TAKE BACK THE NIGHT UBC: A facebook group stirs up quite a few people following the sexual assaults on campus
Author	white_collar
Upvotes	4
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Date	October 23, 2013 2:25 AM UTC (12 years ago)
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