# “Imagine if men were as disgusted with rape as they are with periods.” **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 2, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-if-men-were-as-disgusted-with-rape-as-they-are-with-periods/756279 "2016-06-02T03:16:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-if-men-were-as-disgusted-with-rape-as-they-are-with-periods/756279/41 "2016-06-02T20:18:32Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > No, it’s possible to be a troll, a raving idiot or a misguided fool in those contexts too, and be treated accordingly. Hey! That’s troll-shaming. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-if-men-were-as-disgusted-with-rape-as-they-are-with-periods/756279/42 "2016-06-02T20:33:22Z")
More of the same old crap from this OP. Not sure why he is allowed to start the same topics over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-if-men-were-as-disgusted-with-rape-as-they-are-with-periods/756279/43 "2016-06-02T21:38:12Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > No, it’s possible to be a troll, a raving idiot or a misguided fool in those contexts too, and be treated accordingly. I am arguing that trolls, raving idiots, and misguided fools should be treated as such regardless of which birth group they attack. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-if-men-were-as-disgusted-with-rape-as-they-are-with-periods/756279/44 "2016-06-03T00:20:24Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Wait, men aren’t already more disgusted with rape (you know a heinous crime in pretty much every place on earth) than with bodily functions. This is what I was thinking. Only rapists aren’t disgusted with rape. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-if-men-were-as-disgusted-with-rape-as-they-are-with-periods/756279/45 "2016-06-03T00:42:00Z")
> [@CCitizen](#): > > I am arguing that trolls, raving idiots, and misguided fools should be treated as such regardless of which birth group they attack. And I’m arguing that the specific treatment of the categories: troll, raving idiot and misguided fool may be best if different for each category, regardless of the topic. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-if-men-were-as-disgusted-with-rape-as-they-are-with-periods/756279/46 "2016-06-03T00:43:47Z")
> [@](#): > > “Imagine if men were as disgusted with rape as they are with periods.” They’d constantly come up with brutal, sadistic vengeance fantasies about punishments to inflict on women having periods? _Somebody_ is being dishonest or delusional about how men feel about rape. ---
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-if-men-were-as-disgusted-with-rape-as-they-are-with-periods/756279/47 "2016-06-03T02:18:46Z")
Well done, Social Justice Warriors. You remind us all why you are but a laughing stock; the butt of too many a joke. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-if-men-were-as-disgusted-with-rape-as-they-are-with-periods/756279/48 "2016-06-03T02:35:59Z")
I’m not a terribly emotional person, but when I was 20 and [first read this](http://www.mylittleredbook.net/imcm_orig.pdf), I cried. I’m 49 now, and it still makes me cry. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-if-men-were-as-disgusted-with-rape-as-they-are-with-periods/756279/49 "2016-06-05T12:56:12Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > The quote I posted refers to the habit of blaming the rape victim by asserting that she was “asking for it” by dressing provocatively (however you define provocative). The implication is that this view is widespread among many men, not just rapists. > > I understood the poll and OP to be about the entire campaign, not just the quote in the title. And my point, again, is that it’s not a stereotype about men. The premise is merely that there exist some people who think women’s outfits can be blamed for what they are wearing. The statement in the OP specifically mentions men, and depends on the false premise that men consider periods worse than rape. It’s so absurdly wrong and frankly bigoted towards men that it undermines the message of the rest of them. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-if-men-were-as-disgusted-with-rape-as-they-are-with-periods/756279/50 "2016-06-05T14:40:24Z")
Her campaign would make more sense in Saudi Arabia. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-if-men-were-as-disgusted-with-rape-as-they-are-with-periods/756279/51 "2016-06-05T14:43:32Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > The statement in the OP specifically mentions men, and depends on the false premise that men consider periods worse than rape. > > It’s so absurdly wrong and frankly bigoted towards men that it undermines the message of the rest of them. This. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-if-men-were-as-disgusted-with-rape-as-they-are-with-periods/756279.md?page=2)