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Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
4. Why do men get all attractive, if THEY don't want to be raped?
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 10:19 AM
Nov 2017

Or, why do men wear expensive suits and shoes and ties, if they don't want to be robbed?

This is the old "blame the victim" excuse, excusing a man's behavior by blaming it on the woman. It goes back to the Bible...original sin by Eve.

forgotmylogin

(7,518 posts)
11. Well...that one doesnt quite work.
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 11:40 AM
Nov 2017

Men get attractive so people will want to have sex with them.

While attractiveness is a factor, it’s not usually the only factor with women, but many men focus on it to the detriment of others (personality, humor, thoughtfulness, etc) in many cases.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
13. Most men don't get attractive to be raped by other men.
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 04:36 PM
Nov 2017

That was the point I was making. It's men who rape...right? A woman CAN, if she uses an object. But it's very very rare.

Women aren't raped because they're attractive. Elderly women are raped, unattractive women, skinny women, fat women. It's a control thing, a power thing, an anger thing. This is established.

 

Le Gaucher

(1,547 posts)
8. I think corporations should force all managers to display signs like that in their offices
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 10:59 AM
Nov 2017


If restaurants needs signs that say.. "Employees shall wash hands" ... Corporations need simple signs that keep reinforcing the idea into people's heads.

Response to Le Gaucher (Reply #8)

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