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Originally Posted by 19Yzerman19
No? My point is that regardless of whether it's 1 in 1000 or 1 in 10 or 1 in 4, reference to statistics does not justify the perpetuation of a negative stereotype about a group of people based on an immutable characteristic they share that has nothing to do with the basis of your concern.
In other words, exactly what I said, rather than the #######ized interpretation of what I said you chose to adopt.
Now take this and apply it to personal experiences relating to some other group of people. I.e., "I've personally experienced an overbearing gay guy coming on to me at a bar and touching me inappropriately, and therefore I have a distrust of gay guys based on my experience that is wholly justified!"
Again, if someone were to apply this to any other group, we would all join in chorus in saying to that person "#### you". I don't know how people can be so tone deaf about this.
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I have to say I really don't understand what you are arguing. Nowhere did I state that it's all men, or only men. Woman on woman assault happens, woman on man assault happens. But the majority of assault is perpetrated by men (man on woman and man on man). I was attempting to explain to you why women are apprehensive and defensive in certain situations and around some men. Because of experiences, not statistics or fear-mongering.
The website listed a statistic for male victims too, if you happened to read any of it. 1 in 10 men have experienced sexual abuse as well. I didn't read any statistics on the breakdown of male/female perpetrators.
And I think the context that you are missing is that this is happening to ALL WOMEN. That was the point of the twitter campaign I guess. It's not one woman's personal experience coloring her view of the world and producing gender bias. Like your example of a man in a gay bar.