History of Feminism

BainsBane

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71. There are also surveys some agencies do

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 05:42 AM

Dec 2013

rather than relying on reported rapes alone. Consider the recent survey of the military that showed a very small percentage of rapes there are reported. Of course we know why, given how victims are treated.

DOJ numbers are reported rapes only, which makes sense given their purview.

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50 Actual Facts About Rape [View all] ismnotwasm Dec 2013 OP

"Number of states in which rapists can sue for custody and visitation: 31" BlueJazz Dec 2013 #1

I had to stop reading this about 12 lines or so into it. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #2

maybe duers can have a LITTLE bit of empathy why women on du may be angry.... seabeyond Dec 2013 #3

oh... or the many men that use decrease in rape as an excuse for us women not being angry... we seabeyond Dec 2013 #4

Anybody who thinks like that is clearly damaged, and deluded or very angry themselves ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #9

When I countered that 99.999% fiction BainsBane Dec 2013 #43

seabeyond.... NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #6

enjoy your walk... seabeyond Dec 2013 #7

When certain members continually dismiss feminists as "prudish" or "sex negative" BainsBane Dec 2013 #47

bluntly they use those terms to denigrade womens sexuality. no different from slut shaming. and seabeyond Dec 2013 #48

I mentioned that word only because I used it in a recent reply. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #50

+1. I would add to this that those certain members pretty much act with impunity... YoungDemCA Dec 2013 #61

There is definitely overlap BainsBane Dec 2013 #66

There's also a certain level of overlap gollygee Dec 2013 #73

That is what has been most discouraging BainsBane Dec 2013 #82

Gee I wonder why their misogynist, anti-feminist bullshit gets a pass. redqueen Dec 2013 #79

I could not finish TNNurse Dec 2013 #25

Sorry, but "too much sadness"? xulamaude Dec 2013 #54

they are being generous saying 2-8%. it is 2-3%. they included "unfounded" in that %. see exactly seabeyond Dec 2013 #5

I felt the same way about the number unreported, for example. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #8

The Huffpost Author ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #10

"2-8%" what an odd figure.... YoungDemCA Dec 2013 #62

Let's look at Vietnam ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #11

"reluctance of the U.S. military to treat rape as a criminal offense," we heard it in the last round seabeyond Dec 2013 #13

I think what happens ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #17

+1. I always get the impression historylovr Dec 2013 #45

Kicked and Recommended!!! In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #12

i am getting dizzy seeing you here cheering and in the mens group dissing. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #14

Don't worry about it ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #15

lol. you are always posting gross out stuff, lol seabeyond Dec 2013 #16

LOL ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #19

I'm for women's rights in all respects. I understand being more than just angry. In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #18

" I will not attack any one group as a whole." raising eyebrow, lol. seabeyond Dec 2013 #20

... In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #22

That's something I think we can all agree on BainsBane Dec 2013 #26

Back to where this conversation began: Rape of any woman, child or man is wrong. In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #29

That is true. BainsBane Dec 2013 #21

And ... those men are not part of my life. In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #23

And thus we work it out ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #24

It does. I seek the best in everyone. In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #27

it would help though, if in disagreement, animosity was not fed.... seabeyond Dec 2013 #28

And that is true as well ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #31

They descend on threads like the one on 40 yrs of rape to champion one accused man BainsBane Dec 2013 #35

Exactly ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #37

Because it is never xulamaude Dec 2013 #51

I don't work for them or socialize with them. In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #53

How do you know that for certain? xulamaude Dec 2013 #55

You are making a very good point there. The fact that I was trained as an In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #56

So you 'know it when you see it'? xulamaude Dec 2013 #57

Attitudes need not be explicit or out in the open.... YoungDemCA Dec 2013 #64

No ... however, body language will tell quite a bit about an individual. In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #65

Question... MyshkinCommaPrince Dec 2013 #30

Oh you just had to go there ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #33

Yes, sorry about that. MyshkinCommaPrince Dec 2013 #38

... ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #40

1 in 10 seems low to me BainsBane Dec 2013 #36

All rape stats are lowballed ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #39

I wouldn't be surprised. MyshkinCommaPrince Dec 2013 #41

They are almost certainly from different sources BainsBane Dec 2013 #42

The fact that you can even do the math is great ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #44

There are also surveys some agencies do BainsBane Dec 2013 #71

they are reported rapes, minus the rapes downgraded, and the rapes concluded unfounded and the rapes seabeyond Dec 2013 #72

K&R'd & bookmarked. snot Dec 2013 #32

K & R historylovr Dec 2013 #34

In all fairness, Akin did acknowledge his error rocktivity Dec 2013 #46

Ew ew ew I suppose ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #49

Am I the only one who finds it strange BainsBane Dec 2013 #52

No, that was pure Twilight Zone. MadrasT Dec 2013 #58

Yeah the underlying thought seems to be gollygee Dec 2013 #60

A wise woman once said xulamaude Dec 2013 #59

Fucking sad, isn't it? YoungDemCA Dec 2013 #63

Fact 51, if the man who rapes you is important, like Julian Assange, it can't be rape BainsBane Dec 2013 #67

true that. or Polanski. not rape, rape. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #68

Just as the girls and women of Anytown USA, xulamaude Dec 2013 #69

Funny how some of the same ones were so keep on rape porn BainsBane Dec 2013 #70

Kicking Again historylovr Dec 2013 #74

meh. one more kick would not hurt. seabeyond Dec 2013 #75

:) Cute GIF historylovr Dec 2013 #76

Just a question. Laelth Dec 2013 #77

more likely to be raped in certain settings, not a whole. and the purpose is just how much of the seabeyond Dec 2013 #78

Interesting. Statistics are easy to manipulate. Laelth Dec 2013 #80

it is not arguing men are not raped. it is arguing that statisctically, our criminal dept did not seabeyond Dec 2013 #81