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In reply to the discussion: One in three women suffers violence, WHO global study finds [View all]liberalhistorian
(20,818 posts)45. Given the absolutely astounding "blame the victim"
responses on this GD thread yesterday, I'm waiting with bated breath to hear from some of those posters why this isn't a big deal, why all women have to do to avoid it is to be issued a crystal ball at birth so that we can foretell what every man we meet in our lives will do to us and if we don't, then WE are the ones at fault, not the men who assault, rape and control us. I was truly shocked to read these posts here on DU. It only shows that the blatant, open sexism I've noted occuring more and more frequently nationally has even reached into the ranks of an allegedly progressive site. Unbe-fucking-lievable.
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as has been pointed out before, there is nothing stopping you or any of the others so
niyad
Jun 2013
#5
again, nice try. as I said, YOU can post about your chosen subject. AND, you do not put words
niyad
Jun 2013
#8
the response, of course, does not surprise any of us. goddess forfend we should discuss issues
niyad
Jun 2013
#17
or maybe some men just cannot stand for women to talk about themselves for even a mnute.
niyad
Jun 2013
#37
just because you spend time with the women of your family does not indicate that you care
niyad
Jun 2013
#59
as we keep pointing out, you are free to post about male victims as much as you like. the fact
niyad
Jun 2013
#75
bossing you around? that is one of the funniest things I have heard today. pointing out that
niyad
Jun 2013
#79
"or maybe some men just cannot stand for women to talk about themselves for even a minute"
MadrasT
Jun 2013
#46
It's a catch-22. It IS blaming the victim, but since men aren't victims it's okay.
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2013
#51
NO--girls should get self-defense, martial arts, starting in pre-school. females experience
niyad
Jun 2013
#12
Fine. But shouldn't BOYS get training early on NOT to do the abuse in the first place?
CTyankee
Jun 2013
#80
I'm not against strategies for self defense of anyone, but it seems to me that the offenders should
CTyankee
Jun 2013
#82
Oh I can see male privilege, it's quite real, I'm pointing out it can get pretty expensive too. nt
bemildred
Jun 2013
#64
I was referring to Cluster 2 BPD. That statement, and some others, but that one
galileoreloaded
Jun 2013
#78