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History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: Rape Culture: 3 Reasons Most Men Are to Blame For Misogyny [View all]AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)50. Evo psych rape apologia - all over the net.
No apologia.... no one has said it's OK to rape.
One must still make a decision to act on impulses.... or not act
It's an attempt to better understand why homo sapiens act as they do so we can do something about it if possible.
The notion that it is all taught by society is a version of the very flawed "Blank Slate" ideas of the 19th and 20th centuries.
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No one is making the claim it's all men they're just saying men are the cause of the culture
Arcanetrance
May 2013
#5
It would be nice if they did more than listen and actually took action in their own lives
Arcanetrance
May 2013
#11
Do you remember the incident in which US servicemen urinated on Afghan corpses?
LanternWaste
May 2013
#73
kick ass excellent article. "Few men actively fight against the system of rape."
seabeyond
May 2013
#68
??? i would actually have to make a statement in order to promote, as you suggest. nt
seabeyond
May 2013
#45
I don't disagree with anything written here, but I wonder how effective the phrasing and
geek tragedy
May 2013
#23
Well Jonathan Katz and Robert Jensen have been trying the soft sell for years with little progress.
redqueen
May 2013
#27
I can definitely see your point. I don't mean that the manly stuff should be validated, only
geek tragedy
May 2013
#49