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redgreenandblue

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19. Do I get to wear a cape when I go out and fight those rapists?

Reply to seabeyond (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 31, 2013, 08:16 AM

Oct 2013

Or maybe this costume, that would be awesome

Seriously though, saying that men by nature of being men have a responsibility to protect women from other bad men is problematic from a feminist-theoretical standpoint, since it reinforces the "white knight paradigm". In other words:

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Rebuttal to Emily Yoffee: Cockblocking Rapists Is A Moral Obligation; or, How To Stop Rape Right Now [View all] KitSileya Oct 2013 OP

Men rape daybranch Oct 2013 #1

simple. to the point. yes. nt seabeyond Oct 2013 #5

Do I get to wear a cape when I go out and fight those rapists? redgreenandblue Oct 2013 #19

98% per cent of rapists are men, KitSileya Oct 2013 #6

How about "Bob, if you're handsy when drunk, we'll call the cops on you"? Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #2

Oh, I wish. KitSileya Oct 2013 #3

I just thought- maybe he was planting a bug on her! Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #4

Except, women are socialized not to slap guys in the face when they do these things. KitSileya Oct 2013 #7

Luckily, there is so much I just didn't get enculturated with tavalon Oct 2013 #8

Good for you! Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #14

This is much more difficult than it seems both in identifying the situation and acting on it. stevenleser Oct 2013 #9

So, ask them beforehand, while they're sober. KitSileya Oct 2013 #11

Good advice, I'm not going to be in that situation anymore because I avoid places where alcohol stevenleser Oct 2013 #13

Pushing drinks... pipi_k Oct 2013 #10

I agree with Yoffe. Nine Oct 2013 #12

Women already know the dangers of binge drinking. KitSileya Oct 2013 #15

I don't think the suggestions in the article were bad ones. Nine Oct 2013 #18

This is my favorite part redqueen Oct 2013 #16

Women in India get it: freshwest Oct 2013 #17