tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984086.post6344736672735820648..comments2024-01-10T14:58:00.833-07:00Comments on Nameless Cynic: Quick thought on women in elevatorsNameless Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963921060024737712noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984086.post-907236754388218682012-01-19T22:08:30.277-07:002012-01-19T22:08:30.277-07:00Really? I have to explain this to you?
No, actual...Really? I have to explain this to you?<br /><br />No, actually, I don't. Let me let some other people explain it. Why reinvent the wheel.<br /><br /><a href="http://gretachristina.typepad.com/greta_christinas_weblog/2011/07/why-we-have-to-talk-about-this.html" rel="nofollow">Greta Christina</a>: We're not saying you're all rapists. We know you're not all rapists. We know that most of you aren't rapists. We're explaining that, until we get to know you pretty well, we have no way of knowing whether you're a rapist or not, and that some situations (such as being alone with a strange man in an elevator) are well-documented as posing a greater risk of rape than others, and if you approach us in those situations, our guard is very likely going to be up.<br /><br /><a href="http://sexualassault.virginia.edu/Violence%20Against%20Women%20Survey.pdf" rel="nofollow">US Department of Justice</a>: 1 of 6 U.S. women and 1 of 33 U.S. men have been victims of a completed or attempted rape.<br /><br />Is that enough for you yet?<br /><br />How about <a href="http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/10/feminism-101.html" rel="nofollow">some of their stories</a>? Do those sound like "radical-feminists" to you? Women who are <i>scared</i> to walk the streets at night, but you think it's OK, because they just want a "special exception"? You're an idiot.<br /><br />You have a 1 in 39 chance of being raped. A woman has 1 in 6.<br /><br />Your problem is that you suffer from a concept called "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_privilege" rel="nofollow">male privilege</a>" that you don't want to give up.<br /><br />You're an idiot. Run along. Nobody likes you here.Nameless Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963921060024737712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984086.post-63465044034019534392012-01-19T06:51:19.460-07:002012-01-19T06:51:19.460-07:00This whole blog is an equivocation fallacy, and it...This whole blog is an equivocation fallacy, and it's appears to be rationalized with the #1 paragraph at the ending. If we were to take that seriously, then I suppose I should never talk to a woman anywhere, because rape DOES happen anywhere.<br /><br />What some people seem to want is for a special exception to be made for women, because they view women as inferior. The people who feel this way are radical-feminists, pretending to be feminists.SkepticAtheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14919803649799479896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984086.post-74468317123176761672011-07-12T01:04:02.675-06:002011-07-12T01:04:02.675-06:00You bring up an excellent point about security cam...You bring up an excellent point about security cameras. While recently serving on a Grand Jury, we were often told that security camera footage existed and it was then implied, that the tape's existence proved a need for indictment. Most of the time, however, the Grand Jury was only told that there was footage and we were not invited to watch it.<br><br>A few times, I was able to convince them to show the tape. And most of the people in the room couldn't believe how grainy, pixelated, and inconclusive the video footage can be.<br><br>A camera will only help them catch the perpetrator, it won't keep anyone safe.richgoldstein13https://www.blogger.com/profile/13024589882600654072noreply@blogger.com