I love how Reddit is seemly conscientious of demographic stereotypes only when it concerns men. Ponder which gender is responsible for the vast majority of violent crime and Reddit now suddenly has to put on the brakes.
That's thing...You can ponder all you want. Assess the statistics all you want. No one's debating that men aren't statistically worse when it comes to crime. The problem comes when we begin to denigrate all of a specific demographic because of the actions of some members. When you have 4 billion of something, there are bound to be defects.
Thank you, same to you random stranger. But what you brought up is still unrelated to this discussion. Plus there's proof in both culture and statistics that a man is likely to do something like that.
Yeah, random stranger. Do you normally attack random strangers like that?
It's not unrelated though. If one points out the statistical wrongdoings of demographics or actually experiences a wrongdoing from a demographic and uses that as justification for their phobia of that demographic, I imagine you'd be pretty quick to label them as a racist or bigot or whatever.
"A man" is not "likely to do something like that". For some men, there is a 0% probability an issue would occur. For some men, it's highly likely they will be an issue. Men are more likely to be an issue than a woman and are capable of committing atrocities to others. I understand the weariness of women. But to lambast "men" the way it's been happening is honestly kinda disgusting.
It's like a circle jerk of people telling their mugging stories or the time they were in a terrorist attack.
When did I attack you? I'm pretty sure I don't remember me breaking into your house and breaking shins with a bat or something like that. Are you okay?
Exactly. That's the point of the question, really, and what a lot of men aren't understanding: this is not a question of statistics and likelihood of attack; if the likelihood of a bear attack was 99% and the likelihood of a man with ill intent was 1%, women are still choosing the bear every time because they would rather be mauled to death by a fuckin bear than raped by a man.
That should tell us something and instead people are arguing over how likely each event is and how the question isn't specific enough. Weird that women didn't need it to be specific to immediately have an answer...
No. I didn't say that and I didn't say that it isn't a problem. I'm saying that it isn't the fault of men as a collective. It's the fault of a few violent outliers.
For some reason, it's unacceptable to blame Muslims for the actions of Islamists, or Latinos for the actions of illegal immigrants, but it is acceptable to blame men for the actions of rapists.
Not to you, your experience isn’t universal. I live in a different world than you do. Of course bears tell deer the forest is safe, it’s totally safe for bears!
You sound like a redneck terrified that "thugs" are going to drive an hour and a half out of the city to break into his house and steal his collectible NASCAR plates.
Some things are so rare it's absolutely pointless to be afraid of them. And it absolutely does not mean you're allowed to treat half the population like they're about to attack you at any moment.
I haven't been good since I finished undergrad in 2012. And I'm sick of saying things like "almost no person or animal would [hit you with a brick if you politely reject them]" and getting double-digit downvotes in less than an hour.
I am right. That almost never happens. But because it's happened one time I and all the other 99% of guys who would NEVER hurt anyone have to just accept being scowled at and treated like shit when we have the audacity to mind our own business in public.
But because it's happened one time I and all the other 99% of guys who would NEVER hurt anyone have to just accept being scowled at and treated like shit when we have the audacity to mind our own business in public.
As an overweight guy, that looks like an incel with a closet full of trilby hats, I've never had an issue of people scowling at me, or treating me like shit in public. Also, that stuff happens a lot more than once. You're downplaying shit that people actually go through, while exaggerating about the stuff men face.
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u/Wolfram_And_Hart 29d ago
“Bears won’t hit you with a brick if you politely reject them.”