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In reply to the discussion: Mayor of Cologne says women should have code of conduct to prevent future assault [View all]coyote
(1,561 posts)36. some Germans commented on the mayors code of conduct that:
What if the girls or women do not stay 1 meter away from the men , is it their fault then that they get attacked? Blame the victim.
However many people feel women should not change their conduct at all. They did not ask to be groped or attacked.
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philosslayer
Jan 2016
OP
Next you will tell us that if these were legitimate gropes the victims' bodies have a way to shut it
AngryAmish
Jan 2016
#151
Umm no, "code of conduct", does not have a different implication in German as to the US
coyote
Jan 2016
#24
I find your last paragraph to be a disgusting mitigation of the actions of a criminal mob of men
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2016
#49
so you take the mayor to be saying that North African/Arab/Muslim culture is that women are asking
geek tragedy
Jan 2016
#140
In the US the harassing guys might run the risk of getting shot by one of the women also.
hollowdweller
Jan 2016
#163
From what has been reported, these women were surrounded by large groups of men and attacked.
LisaL
Jan 2016
#97
I know, and it sickens me that some on this board are trying to minimize the
smirkymonkey
Jan 2016
#144
bs, that is EXACTLY what is happening. saying that women's behaviour is responsible is
niyad
Jan 2016
#57
yes, her stance is that the city needs to explain to Arabs that rape isn't okay.
geek tragedy
Jan 2016
#137
That is not true either. Clearly there is no point in further conversation with you. nt
anigbrowl
Jan 2016
#138
can we say "completely clueless" here? what in the HELL do you think that is? how goddamned
niyad
Jan 2016
#110
I don't see the mayor's statement as victim-blaming I see it as breathtakingly naive denial
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2016
#150
I'm at a loss to understand the need to be diplomatic with gangs of rapists.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2016
#162
A point I made myself about 90 minutes ago...#158. No need to increase that number. nt
anigbrowl
Jan 2016
#179
Lying to the people and telling them they didn't see the horrific thing they know they saw
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2016
#184
The irony is she herself advocated for those who raped to come to her city.
Jesus Malverde
Jan 2016
#177
Women being mob-assaulted is not a new phenomenon for the cultures involved.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2016
#185
Right, and thus it is insulting and blaming the victim - at best a misdirection from the issue.
Yo_Mama
Jan 2016
#132
That's exactly how German women are reacting. For good reason. Julia Kloeckner was right. n/t
Yo_Mama
Jan 2016
#126
Sarah Haider: Islam and the Necessity of Liberal Critique (AHA Conference 2015)
FrodosPet
Jan 2016
#152
That's disgusting. Obviously Germany is not safe for women and she blames the women.
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2016
#6
Except that it is. Until the messaging took over, even the police were saying that it was.
Yo_Mama
Jan 2016
#21
It's also not tied to the 'behavior' of women walking to the station. That's the point here.
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2016
#22
That's true but it adds up to so much "furniture in the mind" and constant level of background worry
lostnfound
Jan 2016
#65
This appears counter-intuitive. If the the problem you're trying to solve is ensuring that it's safe
24601
Jan 2016
#130
"asking for it" has never left, sadly. the denial of the existence of rape culture is not in the
niyad
Jan 2016
#112
because the patriarchy sees women as strictly here for the benefit of men, and excuses
niyad
Jan 2016
#123
don't forget, there is a state rep in NH who thinks that, if a woman is breastfeeding in public,
niyad
Jan 2016
#161
the woman-hating bastard in maine has been in office since at least 1995 (which was when he
niyad
Jan 2016
#176
You have GOT to be kidding me. I live in New England and haven't heard of that.
smirkymonkey
Jan 2016
#189
it was reported here on du a number of times. let me see if I can find some of the links.
niyad
Jan 2016
#190
pretty much. one has to wonder about the kind of sick mental processing going on in what
niyad
Jan 2016
#196
How about men having a code of conduct to prevent such incidents from ever happening again?
LeftishBrit
Jan 2016
#38
and why is it that this mass assault on women has not received wider coverage? of course,
niyad
Jan 2016
#58
A happy, peace keeping lie is FAR more noble than upsetting, potentially inflammatory truth
FrodosPet
Jan 2016
#73
Whether it is from white frat boys, North Africans, or creatures from Andromeda,
FrodosPet
Jan 2016
#74
If simply 'common sense precautions', why were the specifically directed towards women
LanternWaste
Jan 2016
#93
They may as well say what they really mean - the victim had it coming and the men who do it
trillion
Jan 2016
#72
Mayor Reker was seriously wounded herself in October when she was stabbed in the neck
Kalidurga
Jan 2016
#76