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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRadio Host Calls Campus Rape Culture 'Big Lie' At Rick Scott Rally
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At a rally to get out the vote for Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) on Tuesday, conservative talk radio host Dennis Prager called the issue of campus sexual assault "a big lie" invented by "the feminist left."
At the Sarasota Hyatt, Prager began by calling the idea of a war on women a gargantuan lie to get votes," and then turned to his opinions on campus rape culture, according to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
"Did you ever look at what counts? An unwanted kiss is considered sexual assault. I'm stunned it's only 1 in 5," he said, according to the paper. "Four out of five women have not gotten an unwanted kiss?"
"My wife gets unwanted kisses every so often," he added.
Prager said that the left, not the right, is insensitive to violence against women by "trivializing" the word rape.
At the Sarasota Hyatt, Prager began by calling the idea of a war on women a gargantuan lie to get votes," and then turned to his opinions on campus rape culture, according to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
"Did you ever look at what counts? An unwanted kiss is considered sexual assault. I'm stunned it's only 1 in 5," he said, according to the paper. "Four out of five women have not gotten an unwanted kiss?"
"My wife gets unwanted kisses every so often," he added.
Prager said that the left, not the right, is insensitive to violence against women by "trivializing" the word rape.
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Radio Host Calls Campus Rape Culture 'Big Lie' At Rick Scott Rally (Original Post)
boston bean
Oct 2014
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Even ignoring the fact that he wants to try and characterize all sexual assaults
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Oct 2014
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Mutiny In Heaven
(550 posts)1. I wonder how Prager would respond to
a man giving him an "unwanted kiss" or maybe one groping his leg or touching his backside.
Lochloosa
(16,063 posts)2. Give my wife an unwanted kiss and see what happens.
I'll just stand back and watch...
riqster
(13,986 posts)3. Oh yeah. My wife would SO kick that guy's ass.
What kind of world do these Luddite nimrods inhabit?
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)4. Even ignoring the fact that he wants to try and characterize all sexual assaults
as 'unwanted kisses', the fact that he doesn't even think an unwanted kiss actually is an assault is a display of mind-boggling stupidity. If it wasn't an 'assault', anybody on the street could come up and kiss you at any moment.
I wonder if he'd change his mind if he constantly had strangers, perhaps diseased, constantly trying to kiss him.
wheniwasincongress
(1,307 posts)5. Here's audio
He says feminism is the only war on women, and you can hear the charming audience as well http://mediamatters.org/video/2014/10/30/nros-dennis-prager-campus-rape-culture-is-a-gar/201388