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In reply to the discussion: There's a lot of pushback when you point out and challenge examples of rape culture... [View all]seabeyond
(110,159 posts)41. i do not see this as being mere animal. he was talking evolutionary behavioral psychology which i
suspected. this is being human. and the id, i get. and the id is not all that we are.
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There's a lot of pushback when you point out and challenge examples of rape culture... [View all]
redqueen
Jan 2013
OP
the bad boy thing is still strong these days- with Twilight and the Shades of Grey series
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#14
I told my coworker that she'd feel differently if she'd ever been stalked. But she's young and
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#65
no. not all of us are complacent and we pay hell for it. rape has become our entertainment.
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#8
True, I remember several 'respected" posters here OPing that rapists were rare sociopaths and "knew"
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#15
You're right. I was referring to the frats and sports teams only in the context of gang rape.....
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#20
ah this is such bullshit and tired of we are animals so that explains it crap. nt
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#22
i do not see this as being mere animal. he was talking evolutionary behavioral psychology which i
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#41
no. he sent me to a site with evolutionary biology. a cult today that infects our males with right
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#47
no. i am talking about the people that take behaviors today and validate them... like rape,
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#52
I have seen this validation here frequently. It's just a few "uncontrollable sociopaths" and there
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#63
Except that whole "I can't do that" thing seems to be absent from sociopaths
Spider Jerusalem
Jan 2013
#27
Part of the reason for the relative but not absolute lack of violence...
Spider Jerusalem
Jan 2013
#43
and that fits in with some men learning to view women as a different tribe due less respect
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#72
"We train animals not to steal food or piss on the floor. " OMG, too true.....
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#67
note, i am calling it bullshit, not talking about "defense". i am flat out calling this shit spewed
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#29
i am calling your explanation bullshit. what is this animal instinct you are talking about?
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#34
this is what i thought you were referring to. evolutionary fuckin' behavioral science that has
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#40
i have repeatedly presented documentation where the scientific community rejects evolutionary
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#51
You're very welcomed. I just wish there were some way to get more people to see
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#93
I love rhe way she summarized that part of the wonderful yes means yes blog...
redqueen
Jan 2013
#73
The world would be very different if we shunned (& punished) rapists, she concludes:
marions ghost
Jan 2013
#74
Domestic violence seems to be at the heart of the Steubenville, Ohio gang rape.
yardwork
Jan 2013
#79
Micheal Nodianos the young man in the Ohio State tee shirt in that heinous video, goes to Ohio State
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#83
Yup. Just had it happen (again) to me, not an hour ago on another thread
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#81