@aidan,
You said this to Hawkeye...
Quote:Do you not think you yourself are a little paranoid in terms of the threat these 'rape feminists' really hold?
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little paranoid? That's an understatement. Hawkeye's obsession with "rape feminists" borders on the delusional. Haven't you noticed that he never identifies them by name? Who exactly are these people--don't any of them have names?
Hawkeye is always hysterical--he's the biggest drama queen at A2K.
He creates a bogus argument that there is some sort of conspiracy to brand all men as potential rapists. This phony ploy is designed to cast women as evil and man-hating and men as the innocent victims of their wraith. It is also designed to detract attention from the fact that some men do commit rape.
Hawkeye, for instance, has admitted to committing rape. But, since Hawkeye doesn't like the rape laws, he excuses his behavior as not being "real rape". Hawkeye makes up his own definitions of "rape" so they suit him and his own peculiar sexual appetites. Hawkeye tells us women enjoy being raped, it gets them in touch with their "erotic power". Hawkeye would give the average woman a lot of reason to distrust him--he thinks that the necessity for "consent" is a joke.
You don't have to defend yourself from his craziness that women think of men as potential rapists because it's an absurd notion. Why waste time trying to prove to him you don't think that way when there was no justification for his claim in the first place.
Women have to take reasonable precautions to protect themselves, and their children, from the possibility of harm, including the possibility of sexual assault. The reason they have to do that is because the possibility of threat exists. There are predators and rapists. They are by no means the majority of men, but they are out there. And, being mindful of that fact, helps women to be appropriately alert, and cautious, and self protective. And normal men not only understand that, they urge women to behave that way because they care about their welfare.
Sexual assault laws and rape laws exist for good reason. Most normal men don't worry about these laws, they have no reason to worry about them. Most normal men don't do anything to violate those laws. Most normal men respect women and have no desire to harm or hurt them. Most normal men want consenting sexual partners, they don't want to force, coerce, overpower, or pressure their partner into doing something that is unwanted. Most normal men have no problem finding consensual sex.
So one does have to wonder about the men who are hysterical about the currently existing rape laws. What are they so afraid of? If they only have consensual sex, they won't be violating any laws. It's like any other law. If you don't drive too fast, you don't get a speeding ticket. If you don't take someone's property without their consent, you don't get charged with stealing.
It would be nice for a change if these men were actually concerned about the crime of rape. It would be nice if they realized that men can do a lot to change attitudes that see females as "prey" or "a score" and that encourage men to express "masculinity" by sexual assault of vulnerable females. It would be nice if they saw females as sexual partners and not just sexual objects or the means to their own sexual satisfaction. It would be nice if they saw that their own demeaning attitudes toward women were part of the problem.
But men who basically dislike or distrust or feel hostility toward women are not likely to change their views. Fortunately, for women, most men do not feel that way. Most men love and appreciate women, just as we love and appreciate them. And just as we want them safe from harm, they want the same for us.
