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In reply to the discussion: PSA: No, Men, You Cannot Rape A Child Even If She Is Hot And Slutty And Only Says No Twice [View all]Aerows
(39,961 posts)experience some form of sexual assault.
That leads me to believe that if 50% of the US population are females, and 50% of the US population are males ...
Then at least 12.5% of the US population either has no idea what rape is, or does not give a shit. If one in eight people do not know/do not give a shit about raping people, then maybe everyone that gets offended by this PSA needs to figure out why there are so many people that DON'T know what rape is and/or do not give a shit if they rape people.
Is that easy enough to understand? Because there are a hell of a lot of people that post on DU. There are a hell of a lot of people living in your neighborhood, people you work with, people you go to school with. Somewhere along the line, 1/8th of them just don't give a shit.
Rather than lash out, use some logic. Hey, maybe most rapists are serial rapists/and or sex offenders. Even more important to not defend them. Awareness is good for everybody, even those that are offended that they might fall in the rapist category. Why? Because someone you love might have gotten raped and didn't tell you because you have a bad attitude towards those who speak out as victims of sexual assault and they know you won't believe them.