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actslikeacarrot

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46. thanks for the welcome.

Tue Dec 4, 2012, 02:49 PM

Dec 2012

I have been guilty in the past, with using rape in the wrong context. Like "I totally raped that math test" or "man, I got raped" while playing halo. And I haven't always stood up to friends who say stupid shit like "its not rape if you enjoy it hurr hurr hurr."
What I don't understand is some men seeing hatred where I see women trying to include us men in the solution.

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The Point is that We Shouldn't Teach Young People to Be Afraid of the Opposite Sex. [View all] The Doctor. Dec 2012 OP

Not hard to grasp...you just express it so..."inelegantly". ret5hd Dec 2012 #1

Who is teaching them to be afraid? FightForMichigan Dec 2012 #2

You've missed the 'all men are potential rapists' threads? The Doctor. Dec 2012 #13

I'm sorry for your experience FightForMichigan Dec 2012 #19

There has not been one thraed like that obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #52

It starts young. Children are most likely to be harmed by parents, but STRANGERS Romulox Dec 2012 #3

Men Teach Young Women To Be a Bit Leery Of Them, Sir The Magistrate Dec 2012 #4

And women do the same. The Doctor. Dec 2012 #9

You Miss The Point, Doctor, By A Country Mile The Magistrate Dec 2012 #50

Quoted for truth! KitSileya Dec 2012 #48

The saddest thing is that if women AREN'T afraid and then do get raped gollygee Dec 2012 #5

That is. The Doctor. Dec 2012 #7

We can't place the responsibility solely on women gollygee Dec 2012 #11

Of course not. The Doctor. Dec 2012 #21

Your agenda was just laid bare with this.... Spazito Dec 2012 #39

laid bare earlier today in teh locked threads obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #54

Yep, his agenda has been apparent for a long time... Spazito Dec 2012 #61

omg, you ask women to be Omniscient to protect themselves from rape while trusting all, seabeyond Dec 2012 #16

A person's safety trumps their TDale313 Dec 2012 #24

You make it sound so easy. "if they learn how to trust their instincts and recognize real potential raccoon Dec 2012 #36

"trust their instincts and recognize real potential threats." CrispyQ Dec 2012 #41

They should be taught to respect one another BlueToTheBone Dec 2012 #6

we are told we are suppose to take classes to protect ourselves then the very same men tell us to seabeyond Dec 2012 #8

Link? Who on DU said that anybody should teach young people to be afraid of the opposite sex? yardwork Dec 2012 #10

Condescending email headed your way Capt. Obvious Dec 2012 #12

lol, you're on a roll today. nt sufrommich Dec 2012 #14

Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #17

I like pepperoni and mushrooms. nt sufrommich Dec 2012 #20

Wow. Now come the threats. I guess this week has emboldened those who myrna minx Dec 2012 #26

Yeah, that was weird.Thanks for the hug. sufrommich Dec 2012 #28

Still no answer to my question, either. yardwork Dec 2012 #34

I have seen that charge leveled many times, sufrommich Dec 2012 #35

The purpose of this trollery is to divide allies. yardwork Dec 2012 #42

And it isn't working -- it did the opposite obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #58

wow wow wow. seabeyond Dec 2012 #27

JFC he actually just threatened you obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #56

bah ahhaah. see. 3. nt seabeyond Dec 2012 #18

Teaching young women that 'all men are potential rapists' is wrong. The Doctor. Dec 2012 #15

hey... i taught my boys that girls are taught this and why. you know what happened? they understood seabeyond Dec 2012 #22

I'll do you one better FightForMichigan Dec 2012 #25

I was almost kidnapped when I was 10. wickerwoman Dec 2012 #31

That is a false equivalency. Nobody said anything about being afraid. yardwork Dec 2012 #66

No one, of course obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #55

the point i take from all of this... actslikeacarrot Dec 2012 #23

damn... perceptive. lol. thanks for simplifying and see a different direction seabeyond Dec 2012 #29

thanks for the welcome. actslikeacarrot Dec 2012 #46

Great reply! KitSileya Dec 2012 #49

My take of the real point in the rape threads Jersey Devil Dec 2012 #30

Great post. Thank you! yardwork Dec 2012 #32

excellent post. i would really like to hear men say this outloud more often seabeyond Dec 2012 #33

+1 obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #59

OK, one more thing that irks me FightForMichigan Dec 2012 #37

+1 n/t TDale313 Dec 2012 #40

I want to ask some of these naive men if they have daughters & if they approve this message: CrispyQ Dec 2012 #47

I couldn't imagine going through life avoiding people cause everyone is a "potential mugger" Kurska Dec 2012 #38

Gee, doc, response number 10 asks you to post a link thucythucy Dec 2012 #43

If you get hidden you can't respond to the thread you got hidden in I believe n/t Kurska Dec 2012 #44

That's why I had to respond thucythucy Dec 2012 #65

The lived experience of millions of women and girls thucythucy Dec 2012 #45

First Law Of Holes WilliamPitt Dec 2012 #51

because no one teaches women to be afraid of men La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2012 #53

Are males generally afraid of females? WinkyDink Dec 2012 #57

Something you should probably be aware of. WilliamPitt Dec 2012 #60

Shut up and go away. NCTraveler Dec 2012 #62

Hey, "Doctor": I was reading a private message you sent to another DU'er in Meta. apocalypsehow Dec 2012 #63

I beg your pardon? Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #64

No, that's not the point. That's a strawman. Raine1967 Dec 2012 #67

+1 Squinch Dec 2012 #68

The point you're failing to grasp. Prism Dec 2012 #69