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In reply to the discussion: Men should be offended . . . [View all]Dash87
(3,220 posts)It gives men a free pass and sets low expectations of them. "Oh, he raped someone? Well, boys will be boys and she should have (whatever to avoid getting sexual attention or something)" - how many times have we heard this said? Notice that, the more misogynist and lop-sided a society is power wise, the more women have to change their lives to avoid provoking men. Also, in these societies, men are assumed to be rapists as a natural state, where as in fairer societies, men are not assumed to be rapists.
What I'm saying is, the "men's natural state is being a rapist" meme came from the patriarchy because it excuses misogynist, bad behavior. Instead of directing the rage where it should be, the rapist, it asks us to treat the rapist like a child, unable to control himself or his emotions. How convenient for the patriarchy as a mechanism of keeping women as an underclass, am I right?