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Why do people think only men are bad?

posted 8 years ago by crazydude1989
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Yes I felt bad for this girl here, but she made a really stupid mistake. Underage girls getting raped by older men is NOT funny. It's serious.

But whenever older women prey on younger guys, everyone is always congratulating the guy and saying how lucky he is . . . and the bitch usually gets away with it because shes a woman. No it doesn't happen all the time, but they usually just get a slap on the wrist.

So it's OK for women to molest younger boys, but if it was the guy who did it, everyone wants his manhood cut off. Tired of these double standards. Sometimes I'm afraid to go to the park just to enjoy the weather because I've heard of guys getting accused of rape or child molestation even if they don't do anything. Some girl a few years ago accused her boyfriend of non existant rape because he broke up with her, and could've spent 10 years in prison. And she barely got in trouble.

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[–] Molly1916 8 years ago

Yep it's an unfair double standards. The girl annoyed me in this movie. There's a scene wheres she's yelling at the dad to leave her room... and he does. Wants to think she's a woman but has tantrums like a little girl and it's exactly how girls act nowadays. Spoilt brats who actually think they're oppressed.

[–] sunezno (269) 2 years ago

Have you ever been a teenage girl? Let alone one who was carefully groomed and then raped by a predator like that?
Really, dude. "Tantrums"?

[–] wdbehg17 8 years ago

I agree with you about the girl making a stupid mistake. I mean come on, the moment she learned he lied about his age the first time she should have completely cut off all communication right there. This girl has no common sense at all. Not only does she keep in contact with him after learning for the first time he lied about his age, but even after meeting him and seeing for herself that he is actually a man old enough to be her father she still agrees to go with him. Even a 14 year old should have more common sense than that. Now, I'm not saying that she brought what happened to her on herself, but she most certainly put herself in a dangerous situation.

I mean really, if you purposefully jump into a lion's den and get eaten, should we then blame the lion for murdering you? Hell no! You should be blamed for being a dumbass and jumping into a lion's den.

[–] TheMan18 (13055) 8 years ago

The thing is, its also because men are typically far more strong than women and statistically wise, not to mention throughout human history for thousands of years, THEY are the ones that have committed these terrible deeds in far larger amounts and women were mostly their victims as well.

Maybe there IS some double standards about it all, but then again, sadly humanity overall cannot really agree on what is right and what is wrong, but I can somewhat see why MOSTLY men are being criticized and critiqued for it more and they are the ones that sadly have more power to do those types of evil deeds and get away with it.

[–] TheMan18 (13055) 4 years ago

Also, in the eyes of certain people as individuals, well, at least for the most part, hurting women and putting them in similar scenarios as men in vengeance-related scenarios, is highly taboo on a deeply personal level for a myriad of reasons both easy and difficult to fully understand, and therefore, such similar related catharsis, although there can be rare exceptions but situations do tend to present themselves differently, is just highly unable to be felt by people including purely in THEORY.

And I suppose from a biological stand-point, well, for one, you could argue that men and women in general are DIFFERENT.

Having said that - I personally, and I wouldn't wish it on anyone let alone in real life, wouldn't want to be the victim at the hands of a woman in say a related scenario either. And as it often turns out in such cases, there could also be physical pain involved but also an emotional one on top of that too. Regardless of how after the event the law does or does not (successfully) handle the issue.

[–] KaiMaster (904) a year ago

For better or worse, it is a man's world.

[–] TheMan18 (13055) a year ago

Well, according to JAMES BROWN it may be ("This Is a Man's World" song) but Neneh Cherry sort of thought otherwise with her hit song "Woman" 30 years later in 1996. :)

[–] TheMan18 (13055) a year ago

Also, I have noticed, whenever this "male castration for sexual offenses perpetrated by men" theme comes up, not TOO many people who are say even in FAVOUR of it, and for seemingly UNDERSTANDABLE reasons too (i.e. not just selfish and evil ones of course) and how similar or related theme does NOT say touch female offenders (NOT THAT, GOD FORBID, I myself, you know, and I DO understand it as well from mostly BIOLOGICAL REASONS, so its not JUST say "modern feminism" or "social focus groups" I think about), well...

Not too many people seem to be able to DEBUNK that topic and go "Ah, so THAT'S why its like that, NOW I GET IT" - although the latter phrase can be uttered by AUDIENCES who may think along those lines...

THAT IS, if a simple argument on the order of, however ALSO valid, "it won't be pleasant to others even if say it touches not just INNOCENT women but say guilty ones", is not enough for some folks.

But I also wonder. Does this system and say it WAS made acceptable, well... Will it reach an UNDERSTANDING? And is there really justice in it if we theoretically or especially PRACTICALLY allow it, and do most men including guilty ones UNDERSTAND it?

I wanted one day to write a thesis on this from my point of view. And that doesn't even sadly touch the general reality of it all in the sense that men here throughout history have been amount wise THE most guilty culprits on it statistically speaking and women sadly suffered at their hands in too many ways etc. But yeah there's a BIOLOGICAL reason behind it too hence, you know... I wonder though, how many people, general and sophisticated ones, GENUINELY UNDERSTAND it, and I don't JUST refer to also cases of men in one harsh common example also being victims from other men here among many OTHER things too if you catch my drift.