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It appears as though there are some deleted posts here. That might explain why it looks so bad on one side. Not to mention being told to "count your blessings" is completely offensive in the context.
But in any case, try reporting a rape in the US as a woman and see how good it is to be female here. (read: it's not as rosy as you'd think)
It appears as though there are some deleted posts here. That might explain why it looks so bad on one side.
But in any case, try reporting a rape in the US as a woman and see how good it is to be female here. (read: it's not as rosy as you'd think)
Makes no difference how many were deleted. The ones that remain are beyond the pale in the attack on the OP. Instead of being outraged at the suffereing of the women in these countries they choose to be outraged at the OP for presenting the articles which are nuetral politically.
Id like to see some links if you please supporting your rape assertions. I worked for my counties Victim Witness Department as an assistant investigator for a time while in college. Your allusions in my experience are unfounded as a whole in this country in this day and age.
Makes no difference how many were deleted. The ones that remain are beyond the pale in the attack on the OP. Instead of being outraged at the suffereing of the women in these countries they choose to be outraged at the OP for presenting the articles which are nuetral politically.
Id like to see some links if you please supporting your rape assertions. I worked for my counties Victim Witness Department as an assistant investigator for a time while in college. Your allusions in my experience are unfounded as a whole in this country in this day and age.
I'll put forth my own experience where I was told that I brought my rape upon myself and was intimidated out of raising charges. 2005 in Georgia - I was 17. Now I work with the BARCC - Boston Area Rape Crisis Center - one of the largest (if not THE largest) center of it's kind. I also worked as a rape crisis counselor in college as well. My story is very much the norm, not the exception in MY experience in this day and age in all parts of the country, not just the backwater community I grew up in.
There may be some problems for women in the USA, rape by a total stranger for example -- it happens.
However some things cannot be made completely safe - never. Getting falling down drunk at a party where the men are getting falling down drunk will never be a totally safe thing to do. Nor is getting drunk and picked up by strangers at a sleezy bar or even classy bar ever going to be completely safe. Acting like a girls-gone-wild scene during a drunken spring break gathering cannot be made safe.
Like it or not, often women did not take smart precautions and a large number of rape claims are for these reasons. That isn't to defend the rapists by any means, but women are not totally helpless in keeping themselves safer.
It appears as though there are some deleted posts here. That might explain why it looks so bad on one side. Not to mention being told to "count your blessings" is completely offensive in the context.
But in any case, try reporting a rape in the US as a woman and see how good it is to be female here. (read: it's not as rosy as you'd think)
well said. Criminal defense protects the accused as fare as statutes re: rape. And this is in America.
read up on the Warren Jeffs trial, and how long it took the state to step in to prosecute that piece of filth sociopath. New legislation is needed, its hard for states and Feds to step in, and in America 13 year olds are raped every day.
The prosecutors used DNA evidence to show that Jeffs had fathered children with a girl at the age of 15. The jury also listened to an audio recording that seemed to show Jeffs engaged in a sexual act with a 12-year-old girl. The jury also heard other audio recordings which showed Jeffs instructing other young girls on how they could please him and engage in sexual acts.
I would have thought China would be in the top five but then I realized that China's one child policy and strong bias towards males means that a lot of potential females never make it to womanhood so the matter is moot.
China is a fairly good country to be a woman if, as you pointed out, you're not aborted.
There truly are places in the world where it is dangerous for women and women are treated unfairly. The U.S. isn't one of them.
Good article last month in U.S.A. today, entitled: "When 'science' looks for sexism, guess what? It finds it.'
"...psychology can be used to promote particular ideologies -- often progressive ones -- while it masquerades as science...A journal called Psychology of Women Quarterly recently published a study about sexism. The study divided students, both male and female, into two groups: One group recorded stressful daily activities, while the other group was specifically instructed to monitor and score the severity of incidents of sexism. What did they find? Surprise! The group primed to look for sexism found it more often."
"...the taboo against discussing sex differences was reinforced, so universities and the National Science Foundation went on spending tens of millions of dollars on research and programs based on the assumption that female scientists faced discrimination and various forms of unconscious bias. But that assumption has been repeatedly contradicted, most recently in a study published Monday in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by two Cornell psychologists, Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams. After reviewing two decades of research, they report that a woman in academic science typically fares as well as, if not better than, a comparable man when it comes to being interviewed, hired, promoted, financed and published."
American women, time to move on. If you really have the passion to be an activist and need something to fight for, find a real problem to solve. The fight for basic equality in this country has been won.
Makes no difference how many were deleted. The ones that remain are beyond the pale in the attack on the OP. Instead of being outraged at the suffereing of the women in these countries they choose to be outraged at the OP for presenting the articles which are nuetral politically.
Id like to see some links if you please supporting your rape assertions. I worked for my counties Victim Witness Department as an assistant investigator for a time while in college. Your allusions in my experience are unfounded as a whole in this country in this day and age.
Totally, totally W R O N G. That is nothing more than a crock of bullchit.
I dont need to count my blessings. I make my own future....this is more propaganda.
Work for legal aid and get out in the world OP . If you ever lived in a major city ( or traveled more than 100 miles out of your little hometown) its difficult to be a single profl woman anywhere...
or if they want to be subjugated they can follow the GOP and "be submissive" kinda like psycho pedophile Warren Jeffs preaching- "be sweet and submissive".
How disgraceful and reactionary you people try to oppress women voters. This is 2011. Visit So. Florida and see how they will listen to your white supremacist fear mongering (sarc). It ISNT WORKING. You have no clue how to appeal to working women professionals.
Ho sick and sad OP thinks women voters in US who have degrees and careers will be swayed by garbage divisive propaganda.
"If you ever lived in a major city ( or traveled more than 100 miles out of your little hometown) its difficult to be a single profl woman anywhere..."
Totally, totally W R O N G. That is nothing more than a crock of bullchit.
And stated by a man, no less.
Thanks big rep for u. Its a womans issue- I dont blame men for not understanding in it, but if some1 is in the ER after a brutal rape, you do not tell the victim to "count her blessings". some posters here really sound like they live in a bubble of bliss.Either that or they are pushing a nefarious agenda from 1940
misogynists, pls. move to a new thread
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Not to mention being told to "count your blessings" is completely offensive in the context.
big rep for u. Its a womans issue- I dont blame men for not understanding in it, but if some1 is in the ER after a brutal rape, you do not tell the victim to "count her blessings". some posters here really sound like they live in a bubble of bliss.Either that or they are pushing a nefarious agenda from 1940
