tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post1604828746528677422..comments2024-03-20T16:30:09.690-05:00Comments on The Fifth Column: A New Kind of RapeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-821158474162619052010-06-28T23:46:21.059-05:002010-06-28T23:46:21.059-05:00I definitely know that rape is not something that ...<i>I definitely know that rape is not something that you should be expecting all the time.</i><br /><br />What does this mean, Patrick? Try telling a woman living in South Africa who's been repeatedly raped what you "definitely" know she should not be doing.<br /><br />Asshole.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-14643204534120099422010-06-24T13:06:34.618-05:002010-06-24T13:06:34.618-05:00"The situation is not like anything in the We..."The situation is not like anything in the West at all."<br /><br />I can't imagine how the word has a different meaning depending on the country you reside in.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08381087750301180720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-83295577512781266022010-06-23T08:24:19.087-05:002010-06-23T08:24:19.087-05:00Oh, I agree - there ARE knives around the house, a...Oh, I agree - there ARE knives around the house, and any other of a number of ways to maim or kill someone.<br /><br />The problem here is that this specifically turns a woman's sexual organ into a weapon. <br /><br />It is not unlike the unquiet we feel when we see pre-teens and teens given Kalishnikovs and training in how to kill. Sure, it's not like this makes a huge difference in raw terms - what difference does it make if you're killed by an eight-year old or a thirty-eight year old?<br /><br />And yet, it DOES make a difference. Not to the one maimed or killed, but to the one who does the maiming and killing.Steve Kellmeyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509461318016670424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-12121311391708805952010-06-23T07:26:44.614-05:002010-06-23T07:26:44.614-05:00Shoot, that texas_trio account should be read from...Shoot, that texas_trio account should be read from "kathy".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-14694705422030078422010-06-23T07:25:37.717-05:002010-06-23T07:25:37.717-05:00@Patrick:
I never said I thought this was a good ...@Patrick:<br /><br />I never said I thought this was a good idea. I just thought it was interesting hearing a man fret over something like this. Heck, there are knives in every house too. If a woman wanted to 'get even' she could.<br /><br />I'm not walking around panicked I'm going to get raped or anything, but I do pay attention to my surroundings *always*. There are places and times I won't go somewhere that my husband wouldn't think twice about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-3595815332990894932010-06-23T06:37:07.740-05:002010-06-23T06:37:07.740-05:00I'm not sure that "an eye for an eye"...I'm not sure that "an eye for an eye" approach is how the majority of women feel. I definitely know that rape is not something that you should be expecting all the time.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08381087750301180720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-33025207485291312902010-06-22T21:12:18.283-05:002010-06-22T21:12:18.283-05:00Sorry this worries you Steve, but now you know how...Sorry this worries you Steve, but now you know how women feel. We have to watch where we go, especially at night. Rape is something that's on our radar all the time.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17879273326034884153noreply@blogger.com