The distinct power imbalance here makes consent shady at best. Like he has the power to literally send her back to the streets if she doesn't perform. Sounds like coercion to me.

That's not really what I was getting at, but I see your point. My whole idea was that there's no amount of testosterone or poor impulse control in the world that makes this type of behavior acceptable. There's also not enough of those things in the world to make it the fault of women for being assaulted. And honestly,…

The way that you're describing things, the world is black and white. In your mind, there's good and bad men. That's not really how it works. I understand that they don't wear a sign. I'm not an idiot. However, if people like this guy didn't get a pass, then women would feel safer and men would understand that this…

Yeah, it was biology, that's why every single man is a horrible human being and can't control his penis. That's why all men are rapists and should be castrated. We also shouldn't let them into positions of power because they can't help but just think with their dicks!

You can believe whatever you want. It's clear that your mind is already made up, that's why I'm not going to try to challenge you. I don't know why you feel the need to keep saying the same things over and over, as though trying to convince yourself.

That makes no sense. You can understand the reason that someone did something horrible and still hold them accountable for their actions. A reason is not an excuse. For example, if there's a serial killer who is not in their right mind and they kill people every time it rains, we'd still hold the serial killer…

It's astounding. They just have a different perception of reality than we do.

What you've said is illogical, comically so, which is why my first instinct was to call you a troll. I already know what you're saying. There was no reason for you to repeat it. I've already explained why I will not be trying to change your mind. It's sad, really. Usually if I can find a single grain of comprehension…

Why should it be a valid reason to be attacked?

Yeah, motives for what people do don't matter at all! People just sometimes randomly do terrible things and there's nothing we can do to try to understand or change their behavior because motives aren't real!

No, see, I can't talk to you on any intellectual level because the way we see the world is fundamentally different. I can't expect you to change your opinion with new information because your opinion isn't the basis of the problem. The basis of the problem is that you and I don't perceive reality in the same way. If…

As I said, I didn't expect you to be able to have a nuanced understanding of this issue. Thanks for proving my point again and again. But you just keep twanging that one note that you've got, maybe one day someone will have enough patience to set you straight. Today is not that day.

Nah, I'm genuinely giving you and other trolls advice.

See, this is slightly better, you're starting to get it.

Do you trolls even try anymore? It used to be that you assholes could fool us, but now it's just become so obvious. It can't possibly be fun anymore, can it? I mean, unless you learn to troll better, it's just got to be a sea of derisive replies all about how no, it's not normal to cry after your masturbate.

What bombs?

I'm saying the solution is a lot more complicated than women just doing x when men behave like this. You're the one trying to fix it with a solution that ignores many of the nuances of this issue - and therefore doesn't work for shit. And perhaps what's worse is that you're, intentionally or not, silencing a lot of…

That's such a cop out, and I'm sure you know that. Of course you call out bad behavior when you see it. Of course you'd neeever do any of these bad things yourself.

Because you don't know how this guy is going to react. Women spend nearly all their lives tiptoeing around male emotions, and being punished when we get it wrong.

I don't know. I was dumbfounded. I had just told my college roommate about it and that was the first thing out of her mouth. It's so strange.