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In reply to the discussion: Y'know... [View all]RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)36. Don't rape is the right teaching
And it needs to be repeated amongst men whenever the subject arises.
Same with launching wars, or building more nukes, or making slaves of someone, or hurting kids or anyone, or, or, or....
We at DU might be evolving but the rest of the world doesn't seem to be.
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disrespect for women exists everywhere even in the democratic party and
liberal_at_heart
Nov 2012
#10
i hear ya. this is what i have been saying. 80's we were going along fine. something happened in
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#56
i think so. because i know with the gingrich was the start of the feel that i was getting.
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#111
exactly. 70's both genders were working to meld together in respect it seemed.
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#115
well the other thing that did happen was that pornography became much more ubiquitous
grantcart
Nov 2012
#128
yes... to those things also. and you have a two parent working home more often now
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#132
Will, I try to stay out of this, usually don't do Meta on it. If I do, I usually end up deleting it.
freshwest
Nov 2012
#24
I was in college in the late sixties and early seventies. It was about liberation and equality.
freshwest
Nov 2012
#149
I didn't bother to read all the posts in your original thread because I knew things would go
Liberal_in_LA
Nov 2012
#39
I would hope that the explanation for this is that the university finds "Don't Rape" to be a
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2012
#66
Facepalm because? The rambling tha led to my conclusion or the conclusion itself? Or door number
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2012
#102
Third time I have seen it posted here. My take is women on that campus need more than feminism.
geckosfeet
Nov 2012
#67
Don't Rape ... WTH??? May I reframe just a bit ... No Means No. Repeat after me ...
libdem4life
Nov 2012
#70
Missed the other threads but have lately become VERY discouraged @ women's issues on DU
riderinthestorm
Nov 2012
#74
he one posted yesterday that I read had one stat that stood out for me...
LanternWaste
Nov 2012
#174
that is too far out to even kinda believe. every experience, every bit of fact we know is
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#167
So, in the absence of a college guidance counselor informing you that raping is wrong...
lumberjack_jeff
Nov 2012
#95
If there must be education in "how to avoid getting raped" during freshman orientation,
Chorophyll
Nov 2012
#107
Here's an idea: let's leave aside the word "feminism." Why not have ALL the incoming freshmen
Chorophyll
Nov 2012
#165
Ridiculous, unless your definition of rape is strictly "crazy stranger in the shadows."
Chorophyll
Nov 2012
#163
when I was FizzFuzz back on DU2, people REALLY didnt get it...and a lot of Feminists got banned
BlancheSplanchnik
Nov 2012
#96
+1. I hereby announce the winner of "The most narcissistic thread ever" award.
lumberjack_jeff
Nov 2012
#126
exactly right. i could NEVER recommend DU to progressive friends because of this.
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#191
Whats contraversial about this? Its the truth everywhere. Why aren't we teaching empathy as well?
marble falls
Nov 2012
#110
5,000 years of "Law of the Jungle" conditioning vs. 4,000 days of DU? No contest.
TahitiNut
Nov 2012
#112
I agree that rape is bad and every effort should be made to stop it, teaching people not to rape
Dustlawyer
Nov 2012
#121
I disagree. I believe that many fewer date rapes would occur if there was better education.
yardwork
Nov 2012
#122
My reaction is that it is a sad thing that any such course need be taught.
malthaussen
Nov 2012
#133
And we now have a DU poster defending his serial raping as a youthful rite of passage.
morningfog
Nov 2012
#154
Basically on the grounds that he was "mistaken" and now he knows better, so . . .
patrice
Nov 2012
#160
Yep. I avoid those kinds of power struggles like the plague, because they are Lose : Lose. nt
patrice
Nov 2012
#158
Yeah. Truth. Right on. Damn straight. The real deal. On point. Should be obvious to all. K&R nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2012
#161
The only one I saw the one posted by NYC_SKP, and that one had no arguing.
ZombieHorde
Nov 2012
#170
ya. good point. we really should be more gentle about this. some of us have been
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#178