While I've never been insensitive to these issues, I'm definitely more sensitive with a daughter. She is fascinated with Asoka on Clone Wars and as we were watching the GI Joe sequel (I know I know, but man, she loved it) on Netflix this weekend she kept asking if there were only two girls in it.
Don't read the Gawker comments. Anyone trying to explain why women can be fearful when rejecting men is being gaslighted by the MRA brigade.
Don't respond to that dude. Yesterday he told a rape survivor that because she was emotionally shattered and did not press charges, it's her fault if her rapist rapes anyone else (I believe he compared it to "driving someone to a bank robbery" or "handing someone a knife you know they'll use to stab someone")
The girl in question was his ex, you roly poly sack of dicks.
Look at the gross Audi prom commercial from last year when the kid kisses the not-consenting prom queen on the best night of his life.
Raise your hand if you're a woman who's ever had the thought "man, I hope that dude doesn't kill me." *Raises hand
Every single rapist and murderer EVER was somebody's son. Plenty had children and daughters themselves, plenty had sisters, plenty had friends, plenty had wives.
Hi. Mental illness is neither necessary nor sufficient to cause violent behavior. Most mentally ill people do not display violent behaviors at all. So attributing this kind of appalling behavior to being some sort of "crazy" is a nonsense statement which actually contributes to biases and prejudices toward actual…
it doesn't happen every time. it happens a lot. a LOT. "it" being a negative, frightening, upsetting reaction to a rejection. not a stabbing every time. but yelling, shoving, hitting, harassing? that happens. all. the. time. nearly every woman has experienced this. so do not tell us we're overreacting when we have a…
Read this story, look me in the face, and tell me that boys are not socialized to believe that they "deserve" girls, that they are "owed" a girl, and that females are simply prizes and objects.
Don't waste to much time here, this is the same person who tried to blame rape victims who didn't come forward for all their rapist's future rapes.
It's not isolated. Violence against women is major and everywhere, which is why you feel so comfortable dismissing it. And if you think dismissing a fatal stabbing of a girl by saying "But not all boys do it!" is a good way to argue, then I'm sad for you.
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Male entitlement kills.
100% agree with you. "Not all men are like that" is true. The problem is, too many are and there is no way for women to know which are which.
Donald Glover did a great bit about this exact predicament. The gist of it was that while a lot of guys have somewhat amusing/outlandish stories about "crazy girlfriends", women do not have the same sort of stories, because "IF YOU HAVE A CRAZY BOYFRIEND, YOU GONNA DIE".
Fuck you. It would be great if every rapist was behind bars, but it's not *her* responsibility to make sure he doesn't rape again. She has to deal with her own shit.
Stories like these make me so sad.