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Originally Posted by IgiTang
Gentlemen, let's get real for a second. I assure you both in your life have at minimum unknowingly supported sexual harassment in your life or at some point will. So let's drop the knight in shining armor schtick and have a real conversation about a topic that is important.
Not once have I said its OK. But this is no different than a woman going to a bar where there are large crowds and knowing she looks hot and knows she's likely going to get hit on and is prepared to deal with it. She is educated by her peers and also protected. In most cases.
Is it right that she gets the unwanted attention? Some may argue that she put herself in that situation knowing that she would potentially be " harassed ".
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Bottom line.
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Some may be idiots. So?
No one is being a knight in shining armour. But you are basically saying girls who go to the red mile (which is where the bars are closest to the dome) are partially to blame for being harrassed.
"Those guys kept after me to lift my top and I couldn't just walk down the street with my friends" "Well you should have known better than to go there".
Prepare to be harrassed? How 'bout not harrassing them instead. you can minimize the behaviour and pretend you are just being real about its existence but the effect is victim blaming.
Oh and "bottom line"? Really?