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Author Topic:   Anyone ever heard of Rebecca Watson?
New Cat's Eye
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Message 35 of 86 (678181)
11-05-2012 10:42 PM
Reply to: Message 32 by roxrkool
11-05-2012 3:23 PM


Re: sexual objectification and misogyny
I may be completely wrong here, but I see the overtly violent responses to her reaction as being on the lines of "we'll give you something to really cry about". That is, being hit on in an elevator is nothing compared to the actual real rapes and murders that do go on every day.

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Message 47 of 86 (678311)
11-06-2012 11:21 PM
Reply to: Message 41 by crashfrog
11-06-2012 7:21 PM


Re: sexual objectification and misogyny
I may be completely wrong here, but I see the overtly violent responses to her reaction as being on the lines of "we'll give you something to really cry about".
I guess, but then why do public women who aren't saying anything about elevators getting the exact same messages?
I'm not sure that they are. I suppose they might occasionally get the same quality of message, but not in the same quantity.
How do you explain the treatment of Sierra Bates, for instance?
I have no idea who that is, and google doesn't seem to be helping much:
Sierra Bates - Google Search
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Plastering the campus with posters with the names of current male students as potential rapists is a bit extreme don't you think?
Not anywhere near as extreme as labeling prominent women prostitutes, which is something that passes almost unnoticed nowadays.
Its more extreme to post the names written in public than it is to just talk shit.
And is it not accurate? On what basis would we conclude that a man had no potential whatsoever to commit the crime of rape?
I see a difference in saying that this particular person is a potential rapist than it is to say that a general man is not incapable of rape.
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