Does a Woman Have a Duty to Protect Herself From Sexual Assault? (abuse, gun)

[ambient]

Originally Posted by mtl1

No I'm saying it's common for a woman's will and compliance to be based on attraction mostly physical and little else.


I think some men are under the impression that women get attracted to dirty words and bold moves maybe.

You are such the expert on how women feel, aren't you.. I'm sure you really understand them. Women, no doubt, appreciate your generalizations.

[mtl1]

Originally Posted by tamajane

This has nothing to do with women being assaulted.

Yes it does, because often whether it is "assault" hinges on whether it was unwanted.

[randomparent]

Originally Posted by xsthomas

Since when did women stop slapping the chit out of guys that have touched them. I hear all these women talk about assaults or a guy exposing themselves to her, but no women mentions anything about standing up for themselves, or just slapping the chit out of the ahole getting fresh with them.

See post #102, my story about a drunk man making a completely inappropriate pass at me while I was at work alone, dressed conservatively in slacks and a blazer, and entirely unprepared for what happened. What should I have done, other than push him away, run, and lock myself safely inside the store?

[tamajane]

Originally Posted by mtl1

Yes it does, because often whether it is "assault" hinges on whether it was unwanted.

If you don't know it is wanted then you don't do it. It is certainly not worth the risk that it may be ok.

[Cantabridgienne]

Originally Posted by tamajane

This has nothing to do with women being assaulted.

So it's the same as how you liked being "bullied" in high school, because it meant you were getting attention from people more popular than you were, right? You craved that and ultimately sought it out (I mean, why else did you act in a way that would attract bullies?), so you must have actually loved it.

[latimeria]

Originally Posted by mtl1

No I'm saying it's common for a woman's will and compliance to be based on attraction mostly physical and little else.


I think some men are under the impression that women get attracted to dirty words and bold moves maybe.

In what universe? I've been attracted to all sorts of guys that had far more than just physical components to why I liked them. Plenty would not be considered conventionally handsome (unless, for example, cleft palates are all the rage now), but they became to me because of who they were.

[ambient]

Originally Posted by mtl1

Yes it does, because often whether it is "assault" hinges on whether it was unwanted.

Only often? lol..

[mtl1]

Originally Posted by randomparent

See post #102, my story about a drunk man making a completely inappropriate pass at me while I was at work alone. What should I have done, other than push him away, run, and lock myself safely inside the store?

Nothing, that guy was clearly a dirtbag and knowingly disrespecting not only you but your fiancee.

[tamajane]

Originally Posted by Cantabridgienne

So it's the same as how you liked being "bullied" in high school, because it meant you were getting attention from people more popular than you were, right? You craved that and ultimately sought it out (I mean, why else did you act in a way that would attract bullies?), so you must have actually loved it.

I remember this phrase from school when boys would tease or harass us and we resisted, they would say "you love it and you know it".

[mtl1]

Originally Posted by ambient

Only often? lol..

I mean the same action could be interpreted either way. That's the whole thing with the "sexual harassment/offense" topic in contrast to most other offenses, it's more about perception than the action itself.