A comment I heard on the radio this morning
"We shouldn't be thinking in terms of a hierarchy of offences where the touching of a knee is less serious than rape. They are all part of the same culture".
I have known three women in my life who have been raped and I am confident that all three of them would punch you in the face for saying something as ****ing stupid as that.
The problem is that there's some truth in it
if by 'culture' they meant 'masculinity'.
Men touch women's knees, in part, because they are men with uniquely masculine biological traits, often combined with their position in the male-dominated power structure of society. And men also rape women for the same reasons.
The only discussion to be had is what we should do about it.
Once again, much like the Wenger debate, there's not as big a divergence of opinion as people might like to think.
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Originally Posted by
Peter
"We shouldn't be thinking in terms of a hierarchy of offences where the touching of a knee is less serious than rape. They are all part of the same culture".
I have known three women in my life who have been raped and I am confident that all three of them would punch you in the face for saying something as ****ing stupid as that.