# Gender, race, and other issues (split off from Doper Demographics thread) **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 7, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-race-and-other-issues-split-off-from-doper-demographics-thread/971091 "2022-09-07T00:09:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 38
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-race-and-other-issues-split-off-from-doper-demographics-thread/971091/38 "2022-09-06T18:27:50Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Yeah, but I don’t want to lay the blame on the people who inherited the mess and are trying to do the right thing. I don’t really blame any of the mods. The rule was set above their paygrade. I suppose you could argue that they had better access to the admin, but I don’t think that would have mattered. > [@Doper Demographics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-demographics/970834/78): > > The very first time some jackass hijacked a thread about the harassment and/or rape of women with multiple claims that men have it so much worse the banhammer should have come down so fast and hard the dimmest bulb among us would have gotten the point. That would have been great. The lamest argument was always “the poor guy’s life is ruined by the rape accusation.” Well, maybe not as lame as “she was asking for it the way she dressed/place she was/ how much she drank.” There is a thread from 2011? about a 11 year old that was gang raped by 27 men. Even in that thread there were she dressed older, why was she hanging out with older guys, why didn’t her parents teach her better. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-race-and-other-issues-split-off-from-doper-demographics-thread/971091)._