Is that "they'll take that away from you and use it one you". I've heard this many times. Perhaps the RW has badass women just ready to pop a cap in a rapist, but with a gun, you gonna shoot, you go for the kill, not the kneecap. In an assault situation , I guess you go for what you can get. It's not exactly the OK corral, is it?
When people talk about killing, I think oh really? It's that easy for you? Really? REALLY?
The cognitive dissonence pointed out by the article is one that is extremely puzzling, because teaching men not to objectify, to harass, to rape should be obvious. We know most men are not rapists and we know that's not the point. The perpetuation of sexual entitlement, if you will, is more to the point I guess. Certain Men, who are not rapists, feel that they "deserve" sex. "I'm gonna get me some tonight" "I'd love to break a piece of of THAT ass" "she's fat but p****'s p****, "go for It, man I had her, give her a few drinks and she buck wild in bed" on and on ad nauseum. You'd think this is working class talk, but no, it's too often how women and their sexuality are discussed. The words might differ, the meaning is the same.
A friend of mine used the poisonous snake analogy today, women approached by males, have no idea if they are harmless or not, so must constantly be on their guard in case there is danger. A poisonous snake instead of a benign one. That just the way women live.
And there are far, far too many kind men, decent men or gentle men or intellectual men or nurturing men or even not particularly sexual men in the population to give any credence at all to it being "nature" rather---rape is an aberration. A malfunction in social evolution. A result of the victories of patriartical systems that considered women property. Sometime a sheep was worth more. The Evo-psych rape apologist "procreation" bullshit is just that-- bullshit. Humans are complex creatures and we diverged from our common ancestor from the apes eons ago.
Great article-- I'm going to have to read it a couple of times to get the full nuance of it.
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