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In reply to the discussion: A bit about "potential rapists". [View all]Romulox
(25,960 posts)The stats we've been discussing tell us that the vast majority of men are a) not perpetrators, b) potential allies.
You act like it's a capitulation to impute goodwill to men here on DU, who we KNOW are statistically not likely to be rapists. It's not. It's the first step in communication is to find common ground. In this case, that common ground is a desire to make the world a safer place for women.
My point, above, is that this focus on "Shrodinger's Rapist" is not doing that, because in the vast majority of cases, rapists are people we know, not strangers.
As I mentioned above, that DOESN'T mean not trusting your instincts. But it means that when we discuss this issue, we can't begin with a false premise if we want to make any true progress. Particularly not when that premise seems to lash out indiscriminately at friend and foe alike.