This article: was on the May 26th cover of Time Magazine and provides a fascinating look at what society is calling a rape crisis in American universities.
I'm sharing this because it provides a striking glimpse into our society, where rape has a very muddled definition and how a "news" story can serve up "facts" and "statistics" to manipulate and scare the public.
Most of the time it points a damning finger at men, but fortunately there are some truthful tidbits throughout as well as an excellent editorial following the article.
Here we go.
The article centers on the University of Montana, which has had a special investigator decree it as a very unsafe place for women. "Recent research shows that 1 in 5 women is the victim of an attempted or completed sexual assault during college."
Stop and look at that statement. I am 100% against rape, but I think that this statistic is blown out of proportion by the "attempted" part of the sentence. If at a party, a guy and a girl have a few drinks and kiss, then the man touches a girl sexually, it can be considered "attempted rape." No one stops to "ask" the girl if he can touch her breast. If she says, no, a man with game will gauge how the woman responded and act accordingly. If she shrieked "no" that's a bad sign and it's best to eject from the situation. However if she moans with pleasure, maybe even smiles a bit, that's a sign that she's into it and the best move is to pull back, chat or kiss lightly, and go for it again to see what happens. We've all been in this situation and a true player can tell the difference.
The next part of the article starts ramp up the fear: "'If you knew your son had a 20% chance of being held up at gunpoint, you'd think twice before dropping your kids off,' says Vice President Joe Biden."
Now we have an overblown statement that just comes off as fear-inducing to the masses. The general theme of this article, like most news articles, is about striking fear into the hearts of America because 1) It sells more magazines and 2) It could help make this article go viral and thus boost magazine sales. Thanks Time.
There are some interesting points, such as how "The FBI now defines rape as 'penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or annus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.'"
Basically, if you touch a girl's boob, and you didn't ask beforehand, this can be considered rape. The current definition of rape is grossly vague and could have very harsh consequences to men who aren't rapists, but get accused of it anyway. Rape, to me, refers to violent sexual threats against a woman's will or from some jackass who relies on heavy drugs and intoxication to completely reduce a woman's mind to that of a someone in a coma.
There have been awful cases of rape, such as one the article points out where a woman was so intoxicated, she woke up to her pants down and mor e or less had blacked out after a running back for the football team had taken advantage of her. That guy is serving a 10-year sentence.
The article also points to something called the "Frank" video which is a re-enactment of a real conversation between a U of Mass researcher and an actual male student. The student discusses the fraternity scene, drinking, and praying on freshman women including how a college man would get a young girl drunk then, "describe removing the woman's clothes She tries pushing him off; he pushes her back down and uses his arm across her chest o pin her down while having intercourse."
In this case, where a girl is physically pushing a man away, during sex, seems to be an actual case of rape. If a man forces a girl down during the entirety of sex in a fraternity environment, it could be drunken rape. The one counterpoint could be if the dude flipped over, and let go of her, and she continued the sexual act, say by riding him. Any girl who did want the sexual act to continue would jump at the chance to leave in that type of situation.
Small moments from the article have some semblance of truth such as how "if you are like the vast majority of college men who do not rape, you've now heard for the 17th time, Don't be a rapist." Again, the truth is that a small percentile, are rapists and have been charged and/or convicted of MULTIPLE times of rape. This isn't a one-time thing, and that's key.
also parents "fear that zealous colleges will side with alleged victims in murky circumstances."
Now we get a sliver of truth as the "murky circumstances" could be anything from touching a boob to penetration.
Following the article is a fantastic editorial from Yale Law School professor Jed Rubenfeld called "Redefining Rape"
Here Rubenfeld states how absurd the current definition of rape is, as he reflects how "(The current definition) sounds great until you think about it. If two Yale students are kissing and one of them touches the other sexually, that person has apparently committed sexual assault even if they've done it before. Other colleges tell students that sex with someone intoxicated is always assault."
The absurdity of the current definition of rape is well stated and Rubenfled continues that, "RAINN, the nation's largest anti-sexual-violence organization, recently cited evidence suggesting that over 90% of college rapes are committed by just 3% of college men who are repeat offenders."
This was a breath of fresh air in what has been a lot of anti-men chat and anti-men-enjoying-sexual-conquests biases. A small percent of college men are doing the harm, and should be justly prosecuted, not the bullshit "20%" that Biden uses to scare the American public.
Another key aspect Rubenfeld brings up is "Rape complaints should be heard by independent, trained professionals instead of school administrators."
Big yes to this, as administrators will have their own agenda and are very biased. Have a trained third party, who has a realistic understanding of male/female dynamics should be in charge of rape allegations.
Overall, these articles provide an interesting glimpse into the American psyche and our modern culture. The basic viewpoint is fairly anti-male, and could result in young men becoming afraid of pursuing women sexually because of the very serious consequences that could occur.
I hope these men can see past the bullshit, learn game and take charge of their inner alpha male...who rightfully wants to enjoy women, intimacy, lust and sex.
I'm sharing this because it provides a striking glimpse into our society, where rape has a very muddled definition and how a "news" story can serve up "facts" and "statistics" to manipulate and scare the public.
Most of the time it points a damning finger at men, but fortunately there are some truthful tidbits throughout as well as an excellent editorial following the article.
Here we go.
The article centers on the University of Montana, which has had a special investigator decree it as a very unsafe place for women. "Recent research shows that 1 in 5 women is the victim of an attempted or completed sexual assault during college."
Stop and look at that statement. I am 100% against rape, but I think that this statistic is blown out of proportion by the "attempted" part of the sentence. If at a party, a guy and a girl have a few drinks and kiss, then the man touches a girl sexually, it can be considered "attempted rape." No one stops to "ask" the girl if he can touch her breast. If she says, no, a man with game will gauge how the woman responded and act accordingly. If she shrieked "no" that's a bad sign and it's best to eject from the situation. However if she moans with pleasure, maybe even smiles a bit, that's a sign that she's into it and the best move is to pull back, chat or kiss lightly, and go for it again to see what happens. We've all been in this situation and a true player can tell the difference.
The next part of the article starts ramp up the fear: "'If you knew your son had a 20% chance of being held up at gunpoint, you'd think twice before dropping your kids off,' says Vice President Joe Biden."
Now we have an overblown statement that just comes off as fear-inducing to the masses. The general theme of this article, like most news articles, is about striking fear into the hearts of America because 1) It sells more magazines and 2) It could help make this article go viral and thus boost magazine sales. Thanks Time.
There are some interesting points, such as how "The FBI now defines rape as 'penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or annus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.'"
Basically, if you touch a girl's boob, and you didn't ask beforehand, this can be considered rape. The current definition of rape is grossly vague and could have very harsh consequences to men who aren't rapists, but get accused of it anyway. Rape, to me, refers to violent sexual threats against a woman's will or from some jackass who relies on heavy drugs and intoxication to completely reduce a woman's mind to that of a someone in a coma.
There have been awful cases of rape, such as one the article points out where a woman was so intoxicated, she woke up to her pants down and mor e or less had blacked out after a running back for the football team had taken advantage of her. That guy is serving a 10-year sentence.
The article also points to something called the "Frank" video which is a re-enactment of a real conversation between a U of Mass researcher and an actual male student. The student discusses the fraternity scene, drinking, and praying on freshman women including how a college man would get a young girl drunk then, "describe removing the woman's clothes She tries pushing him off; he pushes her back down and uses his arm across her chest o pin her down while having intercourse."
In this case, where a girl is physically pushing a man away, during sex, seems to be an actual case of rape. If a man forces a girl down during the entirety of sex in a fraternity environment, it could be drunken rape. The one counterpoint could be if the dude flipped over, and let go of her, and she continued the sexual act, say by riding him. Any girl who did want the sexual act to continue would jump at the chance to leave in that type of situation.
Small moments from the article have some semblance of truth such as how "if you are like the vast majority of college men who do not rape, you've now heard for the 17th time, Don't be a rapist." Again, the truth is that a small percentile, are rapists and have been charged and/or convicted of MULTIPLE times of rape. This isn't a one-time thing, and that's key.
also parents "fear that zealous colleges will side with alleged victims in murky circumstances."
Now we get a sliver of truth as the "murky circumstances" could be anything from touching a boob to penetration.
Following the article is a fantastic editorial from Yale Law School professor Jed Rubenfeld called "Redefining Rape"
Here Rubenfeld states how absurd the current definition of rape is, as he reflects how "(The current definition) sounds great until you think about it. If two Yale students are kissing and one of them touches the other sexually, that person has apparently committed sexual assault even if they've done it before. Other colleges tell students that sex with someone intoxicated is always assault."
The absurdity of the current definition of rape is well stated and Rubenfled continues that, "RAINN, the nation's largest anti-sexual-violence organization, recently cited evidence suggesting that over 90% of college rapes are committed by just 3% of college men who are repeat offenders."
This was a breath of fresh air in what has been a lot of anti-men chat and anti-men-enjoying-sexual-conquests biases. A small percent of college men are doing the harm, and should be justly prosecuted, not the bullshit "20%" that Biden uses to scare the American public.
Another key aspect Rubenfeld brings up is "Rape complaints should be heard by independent, trained professionals instead of school administrators."
Big yes to this, as administrators will have their own agenda and are very biased. Have a trained third party, who has a realistic understanding of male/female dynamics should be in charge of rape allegations.
Overall, these articles provide an interesting glimpse into the American psyche and our modern culture. The basic viewpoint is fairly anti-male, and could result in young men becoming afraid of pursuing women sexually because of the very serious consequences that could occur.
I hope these men can see past the bullshit, learn game and take charge of their inner alpha male...who rightfully wants to enjoy women, intimacy, lust and sex.
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) into the pink or the stink without consent, that's rape. Or if someone sticks their dick or vagina into someone else's mouth without consent, that's also rape. That sounds like a reasonable definition to me.![[Image: biggrin.gif]](https://rooshvforum.network/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)