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Originally Posted by pylon
That is a stereotype, perhaps the very definition of it, it is making a massive assumption.
A certain type of person has done something, therefore all people similar to them are capable of the same thing.
That is no different than pulling aside all brown people in a security line in an airport, because a some brown people hi-jacked planes 10 years ago. "One brown person did it, so we better frisk all of them, because brown people are more likely to blow up a plane."
It is just as divisive. And just as wrong.
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It's not just one person 10 years ago, it's millions of people every god damn day. 1 in 4, 25%, that is a lot of god damn women being assaulted on a daily basis. That is a lot of men assaulting women on a daily basis, and yet when women don't take steps to protect themselves, they basically get told "Well you clearly didn't take enough steps to protect yourself, your fault," and now when they are taking steps to protect themselves it's "Well now you're stereotyping all men." They are figuratively screwed either way.