Mailvox: the hidden contempt for women
Norah is skeptical:
There is a certain irony in that the more traditionally oriented male - the sort who thinks date rape is a myth - is far more likely to save a woman from another man than the sort who enjoys posturing about how terrible rape is and how he would never rape a woman.
If the definition of rape is stretched so far to include women who have not given consent, then I am absolutely a serial rapist. So, too, is every man I know. And if that makes me a rapist, I shall endeavor to somehow survive with that upon my conscience.
Although Norah is not likely to believe it, unlike many of the bold anti-rapists striking morally superior poses, I have actually physically defended a woman from an attacker. It wasn't a rape situation, though, just a mere beating. A loser named Buzzy had been dating a stripper friend of mine, and for whatever reason, decided to punch her in the face outside a nightclub just after closing. TPAM caught the girl as she collapsed, while I introduced Buzzy's head to the brick wall of the nightclub, then twice ran his face back and forth along what turned out to be a rather rough surface.
He didn't look quite as pretty after that, but he did learn his lesson. I'm always quite happy to defend a woman from an unprovoked attack and I'd probably, out of sheer instinct, defend a woman from an attack that she provoked and perhaps even deserved. But I do not accept that women are children, totally devoid of all responsibility for their decisions and actions in all situations.
I may not think that they should be allowed to vote, but I don't harbor that sort of utter contempt for them.
"And if one of you assholes (and you know who you are) that I've been reading the past few days would EVER lift a finger to save me from a rapist, then I'm Queen fucking Elizabeth.
There is a certain irony in that the more traditionally oriented male - the sort who thinks date rape is a myth - is far more likely to save a woman from another man than the sort who enjoys posturing about how terrible rape is and how he would never rape a woman.
If the definition of rape is stretched so far to include women who have not given consent, then I am absolutely a serial rapist. So, too, is every man I know. And if that makes me a rapist, I shall endeavor to somehow survive with that upon my conscience.
Although Norah is not likely to believe it, unlike many of the bold anti-rapists striking morally superior poses, I have actually physically defended a woman from an attacker. It wasn't a rape situation, though, just a mere beating. A loser named Buzzy had been dating a stripper friend of mine, and for whatever reason, decided to punch her in the face outside a nightclub just after closing. TPAM caught the girl as she collapsed, while I introduced Buzzy's head to the brick wall of the nightclub, then twice ran his face back and forth along what turned out to be a rather rough surface.
He didn't look quite as pretty after that, but he did learn his lesson. I'm always quite happy to defend a woman from an unprovoked attack and I'd probably, out of sheer instinct, defend a woman from an attack that she provoked and perhaps even deserved. But I do not accept that women are children, totally devoid of all responsibility for their decisions and actions in all situations.
I may not think that they should be allowed to vote, but I don't harbor that sort of utter contempt for them.
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