Why Men Don’t Rape

neofool · 2011-02-24T00:23:25+00:00

Let's assume that this number of rapes is correct about both the 155 thousand number and the 37 percent number.

So worst case scenario there are 420,000 sexual assault every year. A 2009 estimate put the male population of the U.S. at 102,000,000 people aged 15 to 64. male population over occurrences of this monstrous act come out to a ratio of 1:242 (.4%) are a rapist. Of course this totally neglects the fact that most rapists are repeat rapists and that would even further widen the ratio.

note: I'm just throwing out numbers and examining them, I'm sure there are some flaws in my method.

warning: This post will probably be cross posted or cited as evidence that MR doesn't believe in rape or some other such nonsense. I'm not arguing the crime doesn't happen simply that one half of the country should be marginalized just because .2 percent of them commit a crime

2011-02-24T00:33:58+00:00

Now, now let's keep our heads together here. Rape culture definitely exists. Hold on, check this.

The definition of rape culture is thus - a culture in which rape and other sexual violence are common and in which prevalent attitudes, norms, practices, and media condone, normalize, excuse, or encourage sexualized violence.

Let's see, prison inmates have absolutely no recourse when it comes to rape, nobody cares, nobody intends to do anything, and a lot of the time, it is seen as a fitting punishment for prisoners. Just look up responses to any atrocity committed by men and you'll probably find a "I hope he gets raped in prison."

I would mention jokes, but I don't consider rape as a punchline to be taboo. I find dead baby jokes to be funny, so that puts a question mark over where to draw the line. (Trick question. The correct answer is nowhere.)

Lawyers are, sometimes, actively making excuses for female offenders, and society in general does not view what is being done by women as wrong. You pretty much know the drill. They are either not charged, given smaller sentences, etc. etc.

BolshevikMuppet · 2011-02-24T06:20:33+00:00

Edit: C'mon, guys, if you're going to downvote, the least you can do is give a real response why you think my reasoning or beliefs are off-base.

I'm of two minds about this.

On the one hand, it sucks a lot that guys can't really go into a lot of the more feminine professions (especially working with kids) in part due to worries about being accused of rape. False rape accusations really suck, and it'd be good if we could figure out a system of law which was more accurate than the one we have one (if anyone's curious, there's a thing in statistics that goes to why we can never both convict all the guilty and exonerate all the innocent).

On the other hand, we (as men) can take responsibility for our fellows. Especially when it comes to rape not done through abjectly violent means (drunk girls, sleeping girls, "she didn't say no", type stuff), we can be a force for good and stop other men from being bad. Shit, guys, look at our superheroes, our action heroes, everything. We should be emulating men who take a stand to do what's right, and that includes being among those trying to stop other men from being bad.

Do I think that the presentation can be better? Yes. It should be about empowering men to step in and do the right thing (and, perhaps, some explanations about the laws for defense of others), rather than blaming them. It should be telling young men "you can be heroes, you can be what stops one of your frat brothers from doing something morally reprehensible and probably illegal". But, it should never be us saying "I don't rape, most guys don't rape, so it's not our problem"

2011-02-24T10:35:33+00:00

Downvoted for saying that the vast majority of men don't rape and are not responsible for rape.

What a misandric world we live in.

The same people downvoting are the ones who complain when MRAs generalize about western women, even though the generalization is accurate the majority of the time.

craigdubyah · 2011-02-23T23:54:47+00:00

But many men do rape.

Title	Why Men Don’t Rape
Author	wfprice
Upvotes	1
Comments	12
Date	February 23, 2011 10:50 PM UTC (15 years ago)
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