| binary solo said: But feminists don't get those first 2 stats fudged. It's just that those stats are not the sociological problem they are focussing on. Their focus is on male-female interactions and not just in relation to violence and abuse, but also in relation to social and economic status. In terms of violence and abuse its about the fact that in the overwhelming majority of inter-sex violence and sexual violence the woman / girl is the victim, in the case of verbal abuse women are more often the victim too. There is no indication that feminists deny that male-male violence isn't relevant in regard to the overall prevalence of violence in society, or that women being verbally abusive to women is all harmless banter. It's just not the job of the feminist movement to address those issues directly. And as you say, few / no feminists think all men are rapists. But I think that one of the first things that will come into a woman's mind if she is alone on an empty the street and she sees a man walking towards her is "is this guy going to try to rape me." And it's the notion that this is a very prevalent thought in women's minds under such circumstances that leads to the "all men are rapists" concept. It's not a true statement when taken at literal face value, and it's not spoken as a true statement in that way, it is spoken as a contextual thought process. |
Yeah, I see it that way as well. I agree. But a woman wondering if they are going to get raped down a dark alley is no different than, "is that black guy going to rob me down that dark alley". It's not a true statement like you said, it's our instincts kicking in. Its ok if our minds wander but to actually state someones intentions based off a dark location then you've invited ignorance into your view.
