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Originally Posted by paulgiamatti
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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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Your sample probably has more to do with the kind of girls you hang out with. Of the half dozen or so women currently in my life at any close level, only one has been raped. Also, having to "deal with it indirectly by seeking to avoid it" is not exactly an action unique to sexual assault. We all take actions to minimize risk of crime in our lives. We put locks on our doors, install security systems, don't drive in certain areas of town at night, etc. Just as a woman wouldn't walk home alone from a bar through a bad part of town, neither would a guy who didn't want to get mugged.