The prison rape argument holds no water. I mean, I'm no lady's man or anything, but all the women I've known have had to deal with rape. It's either been directly committed upon them, or they've had to deal with it indirectly by seeking ways to avoid it or by having to console someone who was raped.
My sister has been raped multiple times. Most of my ex-girlfriends have been raped. I'm not trying to say that the women I know are the norm or anything, but do you guys even try to get to know women at all on any level? To me it seems like this topic, because it's such a rampant and repeated occurrence, is completely unavoidable if you have known any woman beyond the merest, most shallow emotional level.
Saying that prison rape even begins to compare to the culture of rape that every single woman has to deal with whether they were designated female at birth, or transsexual, or transgender is more than just missing the point. It's patently absurd and offensive, and beyond ignorant.
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