Reply With QuoteThey believe that men rape because men are taught by society to believe that rape is ok. This is the argument that underpins the entire issue
Presumably, the author would prefer that the police concentrated their efforts on asking the rapist to stop raping people instead?
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2015/nov /05/why-do-the-police-still-tell-women-that-they-should-avoi d-getting-raped
They believe that men rape because men are taught by society to believe that rape is ok. This is the argument that underpins the entire issue
I'm sorry, I do not wish to be dogmatic, but it is patently untrue that society teaches men any such thing.
They can't believe it unless they're mad.
a society's attitude to a thing is positive or negative imo.
can get away with it) by encouraging women to believe that if they are victims of rape, it is their own fault.
Look, it even says so in this very article.
that there can be no question of any sentient human being believing such a thing.
If I wrote an article in the Guardian saying that I believe that the sky is purple and that everyone is brainwashed into bleieving it to be blue by the patriarchy, would you give the argument credence?
Trust me, I know that as well as anyone.
These gender issues are manna from heaven for aspiring writers - particularly female ones - as it gives them what every writer wants: a niche they can claim to specialise in.
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