Former Naughty Dog Employee Says He Was Sexually Harassed

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SpokenTruth said:

o_O.Q said:

i didn't say anything against implementing these strategies

 

personally i think better strategies would be teaching women to protect themselves, having them carry weapons such as mace or knives etc etc etc, but when solutions like these are suggested, then its called victim blaming or some silly nonsense like that... and then nothing gets done and the problem continues to perpetuate because tbh i don't think many people care about rational solutions

 

finally i suppose all i would say otherwise is that people should be wary about implementing increasingly stringent safety measures on something as complex as sexual interaction... because as i've said, someday if you are involved in sexual activity yourself then the very measures you put into place could be used unfairly against you 

Yeah, that IS victim blaming.  You want to change the attitude and actions of the victims rather than the attitude and actions of the attackers.  That's backwards and simply accepts rape, assaults and attacks as an inevitability that cannot be prevented.

You'd rather teach your daughter to fear men than teach your son to respect women. How can you not see how misguided that is?

Hold on, you're acting like attackers don't know what they're doing is wrong. They know it's wrong, and they do it anyway because they don't care that it's wrong. Is it victim blaming if your house gets robbed and your insurance claimed is denied because you left all of your windows and doors unlocked, and the robbers just strolled in your front door? Of course not. It is reasonable to expect people to take precautions to protect themselves and make smart choices. Leaving your door unlocked is a poor choice, so is venturing out in this world with the expectation that no one is going to fuck with your day because ideally, that is how it should be.

I'd rather teach my children to be good and decent people and treat everyone how they would like to be treated, and also teach them there's shitty people out there that you need to avoid and protect yourself against. It's not a false dichotomy.

ps. You're gendering your arguments again.