We have a rape problem in this country [View all]

I'm not saying we have the most rapes or the most violent, but it's our attitude.

When a whole town can protect rapists who drugged, raped and then shared pics of the event - and no one does anything, including the police, there is a rape problem

When an entire Football Apparatus can protect a child molester who rapes small children, and no one does anything - there is a rape problem

When a reporter is sexually molested in Egypt, and the media's response is "you had it coming" - there is a rape problem

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We have a rape problem in this country [View all]	Taverner	Jan 2013	OP
I think every country has a rape problem.	EOTE	Jan 2013	#1
You are probably right - But I can only speak to ours	Taverner	Jan 2013	#2
Sadly, my birthplace is Syeubenville...	awoke_in_2003	Jan 2013	#168
(reported to police) Rape statistics per-capita (according to wiki)	Electric Monk	Jan 2013	#170
No, it is global. It is a misogyny problem. When western liberals pat themselves on the back	redqueen	Jan 2013	#3
You are probably right - I just can't speak to other countries' problems	Taverner	Jan 2013	#4
It is good to see the focus finally changing,	redqueen	Jan 2013	#11
The key to any social change is empathy	Taverner	Jan 2013	#13
Empathy for women is scarce due to rampant misogyny.	redqueen	Jan 2013	#20
Yes, this is true. Roman Pater Familias never left our culture.	Taverner	Jan 2013	#22
Thanks for making me think of O Brother Where Art Thou?	redqueen	Jan 2013	#25
OMG, I know this is a serious subject,	phylny	Jan 2013	#102
"Pater Familias" is more of a problem than we think	Taverner	Jan 2013	#152
Atheists are more enlightened, why you have to bring that into it?	snooper2	Jan 2013	#31
"on these issues" no, they are not. nt	redqueen	Jan 2013	#32
Care to substantiate that?	AtheistCrusader	Jan 2013	#44
Read about Elevatorgate.	redqueen	Jan 2013	#50
Care to enlighten	MynameisBlarney	Jan 2013	#62
So, one guy that may havebehaved badly, and Dawkins was exorciorated for it by the broader atheist	AtheistCrusader	Jan 2013	#72
This debate has been played out ad nauseam.	redqueen	Jan 2013	#76
I've been to her site.	AtheistCrusader	Jan 2013	#89
I didn't indict atheists as a group, nor liberals.	redqueen	Jan 2013	#92
I wouldn't use the absolutist 'right'.	AtheistCrusader	Jan 2013	#111
Yes, better...	redqueen	Jan 2013	#122
You know we're not allowed to agree on an issue that starts out so contentious?	AtheistCrusader	Jan 2013	#134
Very good post this	tkmorris	Jan 2013	#127
Atheism is neutral non-belief	tama	Jan 2013	#155
I just don't see a subculture of atheism at all	Major Nikon	Jan 2013	#109
That's why I called out two subgroups.	AtheistCrusader	Jan 2013	#115
Yet you still can't see the problem with your comment	Major Nikon	Jan 2013	#101
Tell us again about rape... and how the "'no means no' meme is bullshit"	redqueen	Jan 2013	#116
You mean you want me to repost the empirical study done by two academic feminists?	Major Nikon	Jan 2013	#158
Atheism and materialism	tama	Jan 2013	#154
That venue is certainly male-dominated.	AtheistCrusader	Jan 2013	#163
Agreed.	LWolf	Jan 2013	#33
I read this article you linked	MynameisBlarney	Jan 2013	#51
Taverner said the US has a rape problem.	redqueen	Jan 2013	#84
Ah	MynameisBlarney	Jan 2013	#95
I would've went with "Yes, and it's global."	Iggo	Jan 2013	#125
This message was self-deleted by its author	Kurska	Jan 2013	#169
We also have a rape problem in our military.	L0oniX	Jan 2013	#5
Yes - and the real number is probably much higher	Taverner	Jan 2013	#7
I find this much more discusting than rape in the general population.	L0oniX	Jan 2013	#14
Well you know how I feel about Military Training...	Taverner	Jan 2013	#18
Been there ...seen that ...had that happen too. n/t	L0oniX	Jan 2013	#21
"What happens ___________ stays ______________" ask any military wife.	patrice	Jan 2013	#61
Let's not go down the path of partially blaming drugs (including alcohol) for rape. n/t	L0oniX	Jan 2013	#81
I was thinking about excuses one might hear from men for why "I misunderstood her";	patrice	Jan 2013	#94
I'm a man. There is no excuse ...good or bad ...for rape.	L0oniX	Jan 2013	#146
I agree. Just thinking about what goes on "out there". My mind just kind of naturally does	patrice	Jan 2013	#149
bosnia	datasuspect	Jan 2013	#6
I'm sure it's world wide, but I can only speak to ours	Taverner	Jan 2013	#8
rape used as a tool of war	datasuspect	Jan 2013	#12
Yes. Women have been speaking out about this forever	lunatica	Jan 2013	#9
I think it's great that this is finally coming into the open	Taverner	Jan 2013	#10
Don't forget about prison rape, which is often the fodder for jokes - even here on DU	Hugabear	Jan 2013	#15
Yes. Miltary Rape, Prison Rape - we lack empathy on a grand scale	Taverner	Jan 2013	#17
"we lack empathy on a grand scale"	CrispyQ	Jan 2013	#59
There is a hidden world	Rex	Jan 2013	#16
rec rec rec	CrispyQ	Jan 2013	#63
The part that makes me so sick	Aerows	Jan 2013	#19
+1	DearAbby	Jan 2013	#23
The greatest evil in this world is indifference.	Rex	Jan 2013	#26
The plot of the indifferent.	AtheistCrusader	Jan 2013	#54
Thank you.	Rex	Jan 2013	#143
I was extremely dissapointed how hard that quote was to find	AtheistCrusader	Jan 2013	#145
Too true	Aerows	Jan 2013	#142
There were two, actually.	redqueen	Jan 2013	#98
For whatever reason	Aerows	Jan 2013	#140
Because football	Scootaloo	Jan 2013	#128
I agree that	Aerows	Jan 2013	#141
+10.000	smirkymonkey	Jan 2013	#159
Males are probably raped in numbers equal to females, maybe higher, but	closeupready	Jan 2013	#24
Huh?!	Helen Reddy	Jan 2013	#30
Have a headache?	closeupready	Jan 2013	#34
Probably.	LisaLynne	Jan 2013	#35
Yes, because male rape is silly/unspeakable.	closeupready	Jan 2013	#39
You have just created a straw man argument, so ...	LisaLynne	Jan 2013	#55
do you have any evidence that men are raped in equal or greater numbers than	cali	Jan 2013	#41
Not at hand, no.	closeupready	Jan 2013	#58
no. I do not agree.	cali	Jan 2013	#64
Well, that's your perogative.	closeupready	Jan 2013	#65
The problem is you made a claim that you can't back up.	LisaLynne	Jan 2013	#70
Suspect as to what, though? What would be my motive here	closeupready	Jan 2013	#100
We objected that you said that men are raped more often than women.	LisaLynne	Jan 2013	#106
I said equally, and "maybe" more. Emphasis on maybe.	closeupready	Jan 2013	#107
You must be looking at a different DU than me ...	LisaLynne	Jan 2013	#112
I mean to put you on ignore earlier	closeupready	Jan 2013	#117
There are more left handed than right handed people in the world. So there. Feel free	Guy Whitey Corngood	Jan 2013	#120
Why didn't I think of that before!	LisaLynne	Jan 2013	#124
If there was a quadruple with Capt. Kirk having traveled through time to	Guy Whitey Corngood	Jan 2013	#126
LOL, yes.	LisaLynne	Jan 2013	#130
Ha! I almost added that to my earlier reply :-p	Guy Whitey Corngood	Jan 2013	#132
LOL Fine.	MynameisBlarney	Jan 2013	#119
yes, women are raped by their husbands in the US	cali	Jan 2013	#85
lol - you. funny.	closeupready	Jan 2013	#93
"I don't think you have a point, other than to pick a fight"--pot's calling the kettle black. nt	raccoon	Jan 2013	#171
Your premise appears to be based on..	LanternWaste	Jan 2013	#133
Maybe so.	closeupready	Jan 2013	#135
Wait...wut?	MynameisBlarney	Jan 2013	#42
Plonking all three of you.	closeupready	Jan 2013	#49
It's not that hard to figure out.	Bradical79	Jan 2013	#56
Okay. I stand by the claim.	closeupready	Jan 2013	#67
Yes	MynameisBlarney	Jan 2013	#79
"Independent thought"	Helen Reddy	Jan 2013	#86
It isn't independent thought	gollygee	Jan 2013	#103
You're entitled to believe that.	closeupready	Jan 2013	#105
You can of course then, provide us with the specific and relevant difference between	LanternWaste	Jan 2013	#137
done with you.	closeupready	Jan 2013	#138
I see.	MynameisBlarney	Jan 2013	#57
Rather an unfounded, ungrounded, baseless, conjecture without supporting evidence than an actual poi	LanternWaste	Jan 2013	#136
What makes you think that?	Bradical79	Jan 2013	#52
"Us" who?	closeupready	Jan 2013	#60
closeupready -> Men who minimize rape (against women) are part of the problem. Iow -> you.	bloom	Jan 2013	#164
I really do find myself	closeupready	Jan 2013	#167
This post was hidden by jury decision.	ILoveTaxesToo	Jan 2013	#27
wtf?	PeaceNikki	Jan 2013	#28
WTF indeed!	Taverner	Jan 2013	#36
Dittohead. He's gone now.	freshwest	Jan 2013	#160
Clearly George Carlin had the right idea	Spider Jerusalem	Jan 2013	#29
Oh how I miss him!	arthritisR_US	Jan 2013	#37
We have a violence culture	libodem	Jan 2013	#38
Which violence authentically strong males don't find necessary most of the time. Yet in our	patrice	Jan 2013	#47
Right	libodem	Jan 2013	#66
I can only guess the horrors that trans-females endure. I do happen to know a few	patrice	Jan 2013	#68
well both really	libodem	Jan 2013	#113
your right, we need a law....oh wait..	crazyjoe	Jan 2013	#40
Both cases cite a distinct lack of empathy	Taverner	Jan 2013	#43
to buy into crazy joe's crazy post	cali	Jan 2013	#46
I said no such thing. Please keep the comments to what i actually say.	crazyjoe	Jan 2013	#80
To be fair Joe	MynameisBlarney	Jan 2013	#88
so what do you mean by your claim that false accusations of rape are a bigger	cali	Jan 2013	#90
There's a lot of BS there	Taverner	Jan 2013	#96
no, a woman's word is not all that is necessary to convict in most cases.	cali	Jan 2013	#45
It's not just about false accusations	davidn3600	Jan 2013	#71
yes, misidentification is a problem- and not just in rape cases.	cali	Jan 2013	#74
Ok, you crossed the line. I do not hate woman, I have 2 beautiful daughters,	crazyjoe	Jan 2013	#87
anyone who claims as YOU did that false accusations of rape	cali	Jan 2013	#91
No it doesn't. You, again, are picking a fight here,	closeupready	Jan 2013	#104
no. I'm not picking a fight. I'm horrified by your claim	cali	Jan 2013	#108
If anyone harmed them, it's much less likely that they would inform you because they are probably	bettyellen	Jan 2013	#118
I'd make up stuff to better hide any misogynist I made have also.	LanternWaste	Jan 2013	#139
just because you don't like it, doesn't make it not true,it took me 10 seconds to find this example.	crazyjoe	Jan 2013	#77
I'm sorry, but that most certainly does NOT provide credible evidence	cali	Jan 2013	#82
Agree...	ReRe	Jan 2013	#147
MRA bullshit --> " in most cases, the woman's word is all that is necessary in order to convict."	bettyellen	Jan 2013	#69
see my response to #45	crazyjoe	Jan 2013	#78
see post #87.	bettyellen	Jan 2013	#83
This is sick	gollygee	Jan 2013	#110
The biggest problem is certainly NOT false accusations	DisgustipatedinCA	Jan 2013	#156
Yes, that does appear to be the "biggest problem" for some	Tsiyu	Jan 2013	#165
"...the biggest problem, is false accusations. "	morningfog	Jan 2013	#166
essential article	bigtree	Jan 2013	#48
+1 and thanks for putting this up. n/t	Egalitarian Thug	Jan 2013	#97
Men need to talk about what authentic male strength is & how it differs from bullying & violence. nt	patrice	Jan 2013	#53
While they're doing that, women need to learn kickboxing n/t	leftstreet	Jan 2013	#75
Kickboxing is THE BEST!!	patrice	Jan 2013	#99
We have a violence problem. It's all related. It's time humans evolved a bit more.	KittyWampus	Jan 2013	#73
This thread has brought out 2 of the worst posts I've read on this subject and the 2 idiots	Guy Whitey Corngood	Jan 2013	#114
But I got my first ignore from this thread!	LisaLynne	Jan 2013	#121
I've never used that feature before. But goddamn if said posts are any indication.	Guy Whitey Corngood	Jan 2013	#123
Yup, threads regarding rape tend to break out the troglodytes	Scootaloo	Jan 2013	#129
"that's just like his OPINION, man!" That's my "favorite" response to an alert. Yeah no	Guy Whitey Corngood	Jan 2013	#131
And no one ever gets to the extension of that: So, why doesn't "just like MY OPINION" carry the same	patrice	Jan 2013	#153
+1. The jury system has always been a flawed version of the DU popularity contest in best of times	riderinthestorm	Jan 2013	#157
i noticed that.	freshwest	Jan 2013	#161
Everyone in that town who had any awareness of that incident & didnt try to stop it	Warren DeMontague	Jan 2013	#144
Yes and yes nt	Taverner	Jan 2013	#151
this just happened in a town in Alaska, evidence on video, police/adults looked the other way	No Compromise	Jan 2013	#148
Fuck all, let's make this public	Taverner	Jan 2013	#150
We have a child abuse problem.	Gregorian	Jan 2013	#162