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In reply to the discussion: "all men are potential rapists" [View all]BainsBane
(53,034 posts)Last edited Wed Apr 3, 2013, 09:40 PM - Edit history (1)
I doubt you'd find anyone alive who would, except possibly someone just raped who was still terrorized. Do you ever think about something like that? That someone who would say something like that is obviously dealing with an incredible level of fear you could never imagine? Do you realize 1 in 3 women in this country have been raped or beaten by a partner? Add those raped by strangers, and you're getting at close to 40% of women who are survivors. Would it occur to you to have some empathy for that experience rather than stirring up shit and creating false arguments that are only going to trigger more pain for survivors? Or could it be you've been reading threads in the feminist and survivor forums and know full well that is the impact of this sort of thread?
I guess we can assume no one has, as you claim, recently said such a thing, so I'll conclude your purpose is this: