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In reply to the discussion: In many of the rape threads I an noticing a definite empathy deficit... [View all]RKP5637
(67,107 posts)29. Growing up as a gay person you can also get similar treatment from these jerks, even from cops
threatening to rape you ... because you're young, good looking and gay. ... so some think they will just have their way with you, and society doesn't give a fuck anyway, because you're gay.
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In many of the rape threads I an noticing a definite empathy deficit... [View all]
Odin2005
Dec 2012
OP
I only get offended when they misquote everyone here is a misguided bid for sympathy.
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#4
Thank you. Cliffordu creates a straw man of Brobdignagian proportions, the
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#68
i am going with you on this one. do they say it cause it is expected from conditioning, and they
seabeyond
Dec 2012
#92
exactly. there are studies that refute this conditioned perception. it is getting society to
seabeyond
Dec 2012
#93
Look, I'm a guy, and I think you're overreacting to the point of looking ridiculous.
nomorenomore08
Dec 2012
#27
Growing up as a gay person you can also get similar treatment from these jerks, even from cops
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#29
Oh..Yes...I was going to post pretty much the same thing but figured I'd stick to the..
BlueJazz
Dec 2012
#34
Yeah, it can be pretty scary, especially if you don't look just like those jerks! They
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#38
I tangled with somebody who *truly couldn't seem to understand* that his long-winded, self-centered
nomorenomore08
Dec 2012
#30