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In reply to the discussion: I come in here and there's like a billion threads on rape. [View all]Democracyinkind
(4,015 posts)My take:
A girl posted a pic in which she questioned the fact that she had to attend rape prevention orientations while there were no "don't rape" orientations for boys. Which is a valid point, as many have tried to explain, certain subsets of men (fraternities and porn culture as obvious examples) have very murky notions about rape.
This, some men couldn't take. The notion that some men had to be educated as to what constitutes rape (something that studies confirm needs to be done) was too much for some men on DU. They just couldn't take it. They felt accused of something, whatever it was. They started to feel the need to point out that "most women fantasize about rape anyway and therefore probably want it", or that "rape is almost extinct because of internet porn" or that "giving custodial rights to male parents" will take care of the problem. Combine that with the large segment of men that COULD NOT FATHOM THAT OP'S ABOUT RAPE WEREN'T ABOUT THEM INDIVIDUALLY and you get what we got here the last days.
No wonder the shitstorm, then, IMHO.