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In reply to the discussion: A bit about "potential rapists". [View all]unc70
(6,110 posts)Bending over backwards not to hurt men's feelings? Half the posts? Really?
Don't do it on my account. And don't assume most men don't understand. Have you ever considered that most men are "careful" in their own way. While most of us aren't as afraid of rape, almost every man is aware of dangerous situations leading to serious violence. We learn early on the playground.
We know how quickly things can escalate, how easy to wind up with a cracked rib, a busted face, a possible ruptured spleen, maybe far worse. It only takes saying the wrong thing at the wrong time to the wrong person. Worse, it can happen when someone else, usually a woman you don't even know, says that "wrong" thing, often in what seems a deliberate ploy to start a fight over her "honor".
The men who are violent towards women are also the ones violent towards other men.