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Originally Posted by Peanut
So your argument is that 1 in 4 women being sexually assaulted is a twisted statistic made up to persecute men?! Or that the stats are twisted to try and make women more defensive or frightened of men? 
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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.
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Sorry, but women are not defensive because of stats that we read on the internet. We are defensive because we've EXPERIENCED some form of unwanted sexual harassment, touching or assault at some point in our lives. Ass slapped on transit? Or out at a bar? Check. Drugs slipped into your drink? Check. Inappropriate touching by a teacher, coach or someone in a position of authority? Check. Men in the workplace making lewd, inappropriate or derogatory comments? Check.
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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.