''Rape Culture''

[Wesley_Clark]

Lifted from another related thread

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12473444&postcount=14

@alice_in_wonderland

I’m not a man, and don’t need to respond to the poll, but I really must address this.

I’m willing to bet $20 that people in medicine/law enforcement don’t deal with the trauma of victims using humour in front of the victim.

If you really can’t tell the difference between making a joke in a philosophical discussion and barging in where people are talking about their own rape experiences…well, you’re maybe not so bright.

May I point something out? Why do you and the other women on this board get to insult me, label me as ‘the problem’, say I encourage rape, etc? Doesn’t anyone see the irony that in a thread where you are upset that men can’t empathise with or respect you, then you turn around and insult other people? “You’re maybe not so bright”, how is that different than me calling a woman a cunt if she refuses to go out with me? Either way, One person feels the other loses their right to respect or empathy when they stop acting a certain way. Losing respect or empathy is not some black/white, good/evil thing. It happens all the time. Sometimes it involves sexuality, sometimes not.

Despite the insults directed at me, I really don’t think I live in a harassment culture or insult culture. I just figure some people are people I’d rather not be around and go from there.