Rape, Violence against women, etc... Are my, my friends, and my families attitudes odd in America

[PDJane]

1. I don't think so, no.

I do think that there are a number of men, like serial pedophiles or serial killers, who commit more than their fair share of these crimes. I think there are seriously damaged and abusive men, and I know they continue to abuse because it's the only way they can function. When they say they need the woman or man that they are abusing, it's literally true. They need someone to abuse in the way that others need someone to love.

The reason that there seems to be more of them is that they do so much damage, and they almost never stop.

However, there are real dangers to the business of putting women on a pedestal, too; that is a very lofty and uncomfortable place to be. What happens when a woman falls from that lofty perch? There is violence there, and it's hidden.

I would very much like to be treated as a person, please; a person who just happens to have talents, and brains, and abilities. Realize that the only thing different between me and thee are human differences, and the plumbing.