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Originally Posted by Peanut
I'm definitely not blaming the gender. But I think so much of the discussion is around women "protecting" themselves from rape. Like, don't walk alone at night. Don't have too much to drink. And don't you dare wear revealing clothes, while walking alone at night, after having one too many drinks. On and on it goes. And our children too. Don't talk to strangers. Don't walk home alone. Learn about your private parts when you're 3 years old so that if someone assaults you, you can correctly identify anatomy to a police officer (and for those of you without children, this is seriously what parents are instructed to do now. You apparently can't convict these pedos if your child only has a nickname for penis or vagina and can't properly identify the anatomy).
But much of the discussion needs to start with WHY is rape happening in the first place? It's rapists. (as you say yourself) And that leads me, at least, to the larger questions of what is happening in our society to lead some men down the path of being violent and/or committing sexual assault.
And whoever said my views were ridiculous well... I'm truly sorry you feel that way. I do believe that an 8 year old being raped in park in NW Calgary has a much bigger impact on that young girls life, and on her family's life, than a false rape accusation does on a grown man's life and his family's life. I just do. Maybe because I'm a woman. Maybe because I'm a mother. Probably both combined.
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Do you have something to back that up, because that's pretty out there.
As for the rest of your post, you continue to treat this as if it's an either or situation. Addressing the fact that a false accusation is a serious issue doesn't diminish rape or avoid questions on the root societal issues involved, it's simply one part of the bigger problem. Does discussing breast cancer diminish colon cancer? Of course not, they are different aspects of a larger issue. Those posters are ridiculous, but there's no reason that people of both genders can't have an intelligent conversation about the topic of false accusations without being treated as if they are minimizing rape.