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This world ain't right
Researchers "Nearly 65,000 pregnancies from rape have occurred in states with abortion bans"
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dudes don't want to believe it. most of guys who posted on the askreddit thread never had their crime reported.
Rapists Explain Themselves on Reddit, and We Should Listen
Rapists and would-be rapists are opening up about “the other side of the story” — theirs — on a massive Reddit thread about the motivations behind sexual assault. The conversations range from exasperating to disturbing, and the whole of it may make you want to roll your eyes in disgust. But you...
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Rapists Explain Themselves on Reddit, and We Should Listen
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Katie J.M. Baker
PublishedJuly 27, 2012
Comments (1685)
Rapists and would-be rapists are opening up about “the other side of the story” — theirs — on a massive Reddit thread about the motivations behind sexual assault. The conversations range from exasperating to disturbing, and the whole of it may make you want to roll your eyes in disgust. But you shouldn’t dismiss the thread as mere rape apologia. There’s plenty of that, sure, but there’s also a lot more to it.
Yesterday, a Redditor solicited stories of sexual assault from assailants. “Reddit’s had a few threads about sexual assault victims, but are there any redditors from the other side of the story?” he asked. “What were your motivations? Do you regret it?”
Given the disturbingly high amount of men’s rights activists and rape apologist Redditors — a recent Reddit thread counted the many, many ways the site is “anti-women” — it’s easy to see why some would be skeptical about the possibility for productive discussion. “In other words: Yeah, yeah, enough about rape victims, let’s hear from the REAL VICTIMS here: the POOR MENZ,” shyt Reddit Says lamented. A commenter added, “The thought that my rapist is PROBABLY a redditor and could very well be getting patted on the back RIGHT NOW by HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE for relating how rough raping me was for him is making me literally nauseous.”
But it’s impossible to talk about the reasons people rape without involving rapists in the discussion. Rapists aren’t hiding in the bushes: around two-thirds of rapes are committed by someone known to the victim, and 73 percent of sexual assaults are perpetrated by a non-stranger. It’s a mistake to think we’re justifying rapists’ actions by listening to their stories. Some of them are tough to read, but their brutal honesty illustrates how a lack of communication and education perpetuates rape culture. Ignoring or dismissing these men (and women) out of hand may be an effective coping strategy for a given individual, but not for society. It gets us nowhere.
So why’d they do it? What were they thinking? Here are some of the reasons why rapists said they raped or almost raped from the original thread.
(What they perceive as) mixed messages:
Or:
Or:
Or:
Peer Pressure:
Women are objects for the taking:
Biology (The “I can’t help my dikk!” argument):
Bad influences:
Multiple men said that they didn’t end up going as far as they had intended once they actually looked the woman they were with in the face:
Or:
That’s arguably the most disturbing takeaway from the thread: these guys are so disconnected from reality that they don’t even feel the need to look women in the face to be sure they’re interested.
It’s very clear that many of these people didn’t feel like what they were doing was wrong because they didn’t (and/or still don’t) think of themselves as rapists. Rapists are the scary strangers hiding in the bushes. Rapists don’t feel remorse. Rapists prey on pure girls, not sluts who show cleavage and want to fool around. Some even say that straight up; “I didn’t want to be the kind of guy who pressured girls, so I said it was fine [when she asked if she could stop performing oral sex],” says a man who had literally just pressured a girl who had “always been quite flirty” to go down on him.
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Self-Professed Rapists Explain Themselves, Tell Their Stories On Massive New Reddit Thread
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TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?
I walk around a little edgy already
dudes don't want to believe it. most of guys who posted on the askreddit thread never had their crime reported.
Rapists Explain Themselves on Reddit, and We Should Listen
Rapists and would-be rapists are opening up about “the other side of the story” — theirs — on a massive Reddit thread about the motivations behind sexual assault. The conversations range from exasperating to disturbing, and the whole of it may make you want to roll your eyes in disgust. But you...
Rapists Explain Themselves on Reddit, and We Should Listen
By
Katie J.M. Baker
PublishedJuly 27, 2012
Comments (1685)
Rapists and would-be rapists are opening up about “the other side of the story” — theirs — on a massive Reddit thread about the motivations behind sexual assault. The conversations range from exasperating to disturbing, and the whole of it may make you want to roll your eyes in disgust. But you shouldn’t dismiss the thread as mere rape apologia. There’s plenty of that, sure, but there’s also a lot more to it.
Yesterday, a Redditor solicited stories of sexual assault from assailants. “Reddit’s had a few threads about sexual assault victims, but are there any redditors from the other side of the story?” he asked. “What were your motivations? Do you regret it?”
Given the disturbingly high amount of men’s rights activists and rape apologist Redditors — a recent Reddit thread counted the many, many ways the site is “anti-women” — it’s easy to see why some would be skeptical about the possibility for productive discussion. “In other words: Yeah, yeah, enough about rape victims, let’s hear from the REAL VICTIMS here: the POOR MENZ,” shyt Reddit Says lamented. A commenter added, “The thought that my rapist is PROBABLY a redditor and could very well be getting patted on the back RIGHT NOW by HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE for relating how rough raping me was for him is making me literally nauseous.”
But it’s impossible to talk about the reasons people rape without involving rapists in the discussion. Rapists aren’t hiding in the bushes: around two-thirds of rapes are committed by someone known to the victim, and 73 percent of sexual assaults are perpetrated by a non-stranger. It’s a mistake to think we’re justifying rapists’ actions by listening to their stories. Some of them are tough to read, but their brutal honesty illustrates how a lack of communication and education perpetuates rape culture. Ignoring or dismissing these men (and women) out of hand may be an effective coping strategy for a given individual, but not for society. It gets us nowhere.
So why’d they do it? What were they thinking? Here are some of the reasons why rapists said they raped or almost raped from the original thread.
(What they perceive as) mixed messages:
Or:
Or:
Or:
Peer Pressure:
Women are objects for the taking:
Biology (The “I can’t help my dikk!” argument):
Bad influences:
Multiple men said that they didn’t end up going as far as they had intended once they actually looked the woman they were with in the face:
Or:
That’s arguably the most disturbing takeaway from the thread: these guys are so disconnected from reality that they don’t even feel the need to look women in the face to be sure they’re interested.
It’s very clear that many of these people didn’t feel like what they were doing was wrong because they didn’t (and/or still don’t) think of themselves as rapists. Rapists are the scary strangers hiding in the bushes. Rapists don’t feel remorse. Rapists prey on pure girls, not sluts who show cleavage and want to fool around. Some even say that straight up; “I didn’t want to be the kind of guy who pressured girls, so I said it was fine [when she asked if she could stop performing oral sex],” says a man who had literally just pressured a girl who had “always been quite flirty” to go down on him.
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Self-Professed Rapists Explain Themselves, Tell Their Stories On Massive New Reddit Thread
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The Infamous Reddit “Ask a Rapist” Thread Is Now the Subject of a Research Study
Garden-variety cultural sexism lays the foundations for extreme violence against women, according to a study published this month in the journal...slate.com
FBI and NSA need to track em down
They don't need to be incarcerated. They should be soaked in pig blood then thrown into the middle of the ocean
General Mills
More often than not I tend to take that L.
If that number is real that is crazy
520,000 rapes in 14 states in 4 to 18 months? Am I reading this right?Sir Richard Spirit
Superstar
The report isn’t based on any current data. I don’t believe it. This is just a headline.
You really underestimate the depravity out here. Almost every childhood female friend of mine has been sexually abused.
to the 10,000th power
@ believing there's been 65k rapes since abortion bans in general in America let alone those that led to pregnancies.nah nah......blame dumbass republicants claiming to be christians. separation of church and state exists for a reason, but these idiots see "In God We Trust" on money and use it as justification to oppress ppl
Sauce and Footwork
Superstar
Uh naw it’s fukk Christianity. Islam too. But I’m not judging the people who follow it and I know of course there are good and bad people.
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dudes don't want to believe it. most of guys who posted on the askreddit thread never had their crime reported.
Rapists Explain Themselves on Reddit, and We Should Listen
Rapists and would-be rapists are opening up about “the other side of the story” — theirs — on a massive Reddit thread about the motivations behind sexual assault. The conversations range from exasperating to disturbing, and the whole of it may make you want to roll your eyes in disgust. But you...
Rapists Explain Themselves on Reddit, and We Should Listen
By
Katie J.M. Baker
PublishedJuly 27, 2012
Comments (1685)
Rapists and would-be rapists are opening up about “the other side of the story” — theirs — on a massive Reddit thread about the motivations behind sexual assault. The conversations range from exasperating to disturbing, and the whole of it may make you want to roll your eyes in disgust. But you shouldn’t dismiss the thread as mere rape apologia. There’s plenty of that, sure, but there’s also a lot more to it.
Yesterday, a Redditor solicited stories of sexual assault from assailants. “Reddit’s had a few threads about sexual assault victims, but are there any redditors from the other side of the story?” he asked. “What were your motivations? Do you regret it?”
Given the disturbingly high amount of men’s rights activists and rape apologist Redditors — a recent Reddit thread counted the many, many ways the site is “anti-women” — it’s easy to see why some would be skeptical about the possibility for productive discussion. “In other words: Yeah, yeah, enough about rape victims, let’s hear from the REAL VICTIMS here: the POOR MENZ,” shyt Reddit Says lamented. A commenter added, “The thought that my rapist is PROBABLY a redditor and could very well be getting patted on the back RIGHT NOW by HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE for relating how rough raping me was for him is making me literally nauseous.”
But it’s impossible to talk about the reasons people rape without involving rapists in the discussion. Rapists aren’t hiding in the bushes: around two-thirds of rapes are committed by someone known to the victim, and 73 percent of sexual assaults are perpetrated by a non-stranger. It’s a mistake to think we’re justifying rapists’ actions by listening to their stories. Some of them are tough to read, but their brutal honesty illustrates how a lack of communication and education perpetuates rape culture. Ignoring or dismissing these men (and women) out of hand may be an effective coping strategy for a given individual, but not for society. It gets us nowhere.
So why’d they do it? What were they thinking? Here are some of the reasons why rapists said they raped or almost raped from the original thread.
(What they perceive as) mixed messages:
Or:
Or:
Or:
Peer Pressure:
Women are objects for the taking:
Biology (The “I can’t help my dikk!” argument):
Bad influences:
Multiple men said that they didn’t end up going as far as they had intended once they actually looked the woman they were with in the face:
Or:
That’s arguably the most disturbing takeaway from the thread: these guys are so disconnected from reality that they don’t even feel the need to look women in the face to be sure they’re interested.
It’s very clear that many of these people didn’t feel like what they were doing was wrong because they didn’t (and/or still don’t) think of themselves as rapists. Rapists are the scary strangers hiding in the bushes. Rapists don’t feel remorse. Rapists prey on pure girls, not sluts who show cleavage and want to fool around. Some even say that straight up; “I didn’t want to be the kind of guy who pressured girls, so I said it was fine [when she asked if she could stop performing oral sex],” says a man who had literally just pressured a girl who had “always been quite flirty” to go down on him.
continue reading on site...
Self-Professed Rapists Explain Themselves, Tell Their Stories On Massive New Reddit Thread
Self-Professed Rapists Explain Themselves, Tell Their Stories On Massive New Reddit Thread
The Infamous Reddit “Ask a Rapist” Thread Is Now the Subject of a Research Study
Garden-variety cultural sexism lays the foundations for extreme violence against women, according to a study published this month in the journal...
