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In reply to the discussion: The truth about what young men knew about rape years ago. [View all]demmiblue
(36,845 posts)100. Your edit is admirable.
I don't condone her attack on fellow DUers (and I do think the hides were well warranted). However, I think that there has been a lot of discussion as of late that may have triggered her response.
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The many dismissive posts about rape even here on DU indicate that not all men got the message.
yardwork
Nov 2012
#1
One thing about group psychology, sociopathy, and rape that needs to be considered.
Springslips
Nov 2012
#55
i am a mother. i had the talk. doesnt have to come from the father, though that is good stuff.
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#34
My daughter and I have already been educating my 11yo grandson. Thanks MM. nt
Mnemosyne
Nov 2012
#18
If he ever harms a woman, his mother will explode and he might not survive it! nt
Mnemosyne
Nov 2012
#58
both my boys have had that "talk" also. well before they got into a position of making their own way
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#29
What an ugly, uncalled-for reply. Perhaps you should avail yourself of the *ignore* feature,
apocalypsehow
Nov 2012
#69
as you said, most men and boys know. but I was thinking about that cretin rivard, whose father
niyad
Nov 2012
#49
Remember that group of popular high school boys some years ago who named themselves the
tblue37
Nov 2012
#70
In any situation in which there is an imbalance in power, the greater the imbalance, the greater the
patrice
Nov 2012
#76
Considering the statistics on rape... maybe not most but many boys did and do rape.
KittyWampus
Nov 2012
#77