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dlwickham

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31. yes they're probably a horrible organization

Sat Nov 30, 2013, 09:11 PM

Nov 2013

but there have been cases out there where someone was falsely accused so yes, that "meme" is correct; just because someone regrets having sex does not make it rape

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I'm speechless, just saw this on Facebook... [View all] HarveyDarkey Nov 2013 OP

That is disgusting. Delphinus Nov 2013 #1

+1 Scuba Nov 2013 #18

Can't imagine very many women thinking in those terms. What? lumpy Nov 2013 #20

Hideous get the red out Nov 2013 #55

Consider the source... Bigmack Nov 2013 #2

woa. BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2013 #26

It speaks volumes that the guy spells "Klansmen" wrong... Ken Burch Nov 2013 #27

What's a mangina? n/t tammywammy Nov 2013 #37

From the website... Bigmack Nov 2013 #47

I didn't want to give them hits. tammywammy Nov 2013 #49

A real woman hating organization get the red out Nov 2013 #56

I blame these people for this... L0oniX Dec 2013 #97

Yeah, I had sex before and regretted it... Lobo27 Nov 2013 #3

What a condescending fucking, fucking idiotic, idiotic facebook post. BlueJazz Nov 2013 #4

Looking at their website, Anders Brevik killed all those people because his mother alientated him uppityperson Nov 2013 #5

FFS cyberswede Nov 2013 #19

And what of abusive fathers? Seems mothers are assumed to be the bad guys no matter what... nomorenomore08 Nov 2013 #36

That is disgusting Gothmog Nov 2013 #6

"Woe is me," CorrectOfCenter Nov 2013 #7

It is a shitty answer to the "Don't be that Guy" ad campaign Warpy Nov 2013 #8

Just because you regret it doesn't mean it wasn't rape! kelliekat44 Nov 2013 #9

Rape apologists. Iggo Nov 2013 #10

gaaaaaaaaaaaaag nt hopemountain Nov 2013 #11

I am speechless as well. nt Curmudgeoness Nov 2013 #12

avoiceformen.com can go fuck itself. City Lights Nov 2013 #13

it's damn sure NOT a voice for THIS man! Ken Burch Nov 2013 #28

Good luck with that. Sheldon Cooper Nov 2013 #57

+1 ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #94

What's sad and pathetic is that you really believe that. RiffRandell Dec 2013 #115

Two things. gollygee Dec 2013 #118

Doesn't change my opinion one bit. RiffRandell Dec 2013 #121

lol Sheldon Cooper Dec 2013 #119

I know, right! RiffRandell Dec 2013 #122

There are also people who get banned from DU, complain about it on their blogs, then come back to do Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #123

I hate to channel Judd Nelson, but this sums it up perfectly. RiffRandell Dec 2013 #125

IKR? opiate69 Dec 2013 #127

Wait... opiate69 Dec 2013 #131

Of course no one's going to agree outright (because it would get them banned). nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #136

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you agree with the poster I responded to that RiffRandell Dec 2013 #144

At the least, the way they frame things is a bit too MRA-ish for a progressive site. nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #145

The avoiceformen website has been called a hate site many times. tclambert Nov 2013 #14

I can see why. Iggo Nov 2013 #60

American Taliban Burf-_- Nov 2013 #15

sick Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2013 #16

HORRIBLY disgusting! Cooley Hurd Nov 2013 #17

Grrr... WillyT Nov 2013 #21

That's a kick in the gut disgusting! Who ARE these men? mountain grammy Nov 2013 #22

I don't know them, or want to be associated with them. Initech Dec 2013 #83

Totally agree it is disgusting but... iandhr Nov 2013 #23

Repulsive YarnAddict Nov 2013 #24

Because, you know... kag Nov 2013 #25

They should not be THAT person. renie408 Nov 2013 #29

"Don't be THAT Girl"....? Ken Burch Nov 2013 #30

who didn't love THAT GIRL and Marlo Thomas? yurbud Nov 2013 #33

yes they're probably a horrible organization dlwickham Nov 2013 #31

Your post sucks. Raine1967 Nov 2013 #34

I agree. Sucky post. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #88

"Just because someone regrets having sex does not make it rape." I think most everyone knows that. nomorenomore08 Nov 2013 #38

most everyone SHOULD know that dlwickham Nov 2013 #42

Who? Specifically and precisely who? LanternWaste Dec 2013 #108

you don't think there have false rape reports dlwickham Dec 2013 #112

And yet false accusations, based on every halfway reliable stat I've ever seen, are still no higher nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #132

Most everyone knows that they shouldn't rape... Decaffeinated Dec 2013 #68

What really pisses me off is the assumption that anyone would go around making willy-nilly nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #70

This. ^^^ CrispyQ Dec 2013 #99

well decaff, go figure, and once again you way in on the side of anti woman. seabeyond Dec 2013 #74

If i remember correctly, your underwear was in a twist... Decaffeinated Dec 2013 #91

"way in".... opiate69 Dec 2013 #120

Please, think about deleting your post. Raine1967 Nov 2013 #43

if you don't like my post dlwickham Nov 2013 #44

I don't like your post. Raine1967 Nov 2013 #51

His post isn't disrestectful DefenseLawyer Nov 2013 #58

2-3% both in u.s. and u.k. 2-3%. unlike what this mans org and other promote 45-75% rape cases false seabeyond Nov 2013 #61

He wasn't defending the dumb website DefenseLawyer Dec 2013 #89

If people actually *did* deal with every case on its merits, there wouldn't be a problem. nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #134

British Home Office study (2005) seabeyond Nov 2013 #62

Context is your friend. Sheldon Cooper Nov 2013 #64

There may be false accusations treestar Dec 2013 #71

Not "may be"; there are. Period. DefenseLawyer Dec 2013 #93

But nowadays, premarital sex is accepted treestar Dec 2013 #95

You exemplify the problem DefenseLawyer Dec 2013 #101

Why assume there are women who would treestar Dec 2013 #105

Why assume anything at all? DefenseLawyer Dec 2013 #111

It's just not likely nowadays and that's why the FB post treestar Dec 2013 #113

The Facebook post is ridiculous DefenseLawyer Dec 2013 #116

Oh yes it sure as shit is. It's called context. the OP demonstrates just how vile this cali Dec 2013 #87

"Probably"? Just gotta plant that little seed of doubt, doesn't he? nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #135

"probably"? No. There is fucking more than enough evidence to state that he's a vile piece of shit cali Dec 2013 #86

As I read your post awoke_in_2003 Dec 2013 #103

sure...false accusation is as big of a problem as rape noiretextatique Dec 2013 #109

Exactly - false equivalency is just it. nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #137

perspective and proportion: what concepts!!! noiretextatique Dec 2013 #146

Two things your average right-wing MRA/"libertarian" type certainly lacks. nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #147

"That meme is correct" geek tragedy Dec 2013 #124

No woman would be ALLOWED to carry a rape accusation based solely on "regret" very far. Ken Burch Dec 2013 #129

This makes me sick. n/t Raine1967 Nov 2013 #32

Hell is not good enough TNNurse Nov 2013 #35

Hey it is your decision to get raped now! lunasun Nov 2013 #39

Whoever came up with that is a sick, sick bastard sakabatou Nov 2013 #40

As usual with these guys, they take a tiny sliver of truth and blow it up into a delusional nomorenomore08 Nov 2013 #41

Most men on this earth would say the same thing. Thank you for saying this. Raine1967 Nov 2013 #45

That's how I see it. Bonobo Dec 2013 #67

Precisely. And I could also say that, if you don't want to be accused (falsely or otherwise) nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #69

That's true too. Bonobo Dec 2013 #73

Definitely not black and white by any means. Though in your particular case it seems highly unlikely nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #79

This is anti-woman propaganda to put it mildly. westerebus Dec 2013 #107

Well weissmam Nov 2013 #46

If I was not a human being DonCoquixote Nov 2013 #48

The implication that women cry rape simply because they regret it Bonobo Nov 2013 #50

+1 nomorenomore08 Nov 2013 #52

You shouldn't make broad statements about what "women" do. DefenseLawyer Nov 2013 #59

defense? attorney? nt seabeyond Nov 2013 #63

Probably defends... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2013 #104

"Let facts speak for themselves in every case." Of course. But that, quite often, is not nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #65

I am all for public support of victims. DefenseLawyer Dec 2013 #90

Just saying that, just as the accused is innocent until proven guilty, the accuser is telling the nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #133

Yet...that is not what this "ad"is saying noiretextatique Dec 2013 #110

agreed, if that had any validity treestar Dec 2013 #72

Disgusting to the nth degree.... ReRe Nov 2013 #53

It is reasonable to assume that every woman who ever had sex of any kind with this asshole... bvar22 Nov 2013 #54

The only women who WOULDN'T regret sex with that asshole... Ken Burch Dec 2013 #128

So this site calls itself "A voice for men", huh? Jamaal510 Dec 2013 #66

White supremacists also claim to represent "the entire white race." Dash87 Dec 2013 #78

disgusting, i am speechless Liberal_in_LA Dec 2013 #75

The owner of AVoiceForMen.com is a massive idiot. Dash87 Dec 2013 #76

I wasn't aware of this site before I saw this HarveyDarkey Dec 2013 #77

And it shows how the "Men's Rights" meme - while generally sad and laughable - is also nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #140

All I have to say about AVfM xulamaude Dec 2013 #80

Real bottom feeders these ones. moxybug Dec 2013 #81

Good old fashioned slut shaming. How dast she leave the house w/o a duenna? Hekate Dec 2013 #82

The assholes doth protest too much. cui bono Dec 2013 #84

Disgusting and misogynistic. Poor victim guy. Shrike47 Dec 2013 #85

It's a MRA "public relations" ad ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #92

I always file a rape charge when a sportfuck goes badly elehhhhna Dec 2013 #96

My fucking god... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2013 #98

How about don't be THAT guy mzteris Dec 2013 #100

This ^^^^^ treestar Dec 2013 #117

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2013 #102

What utter bullshit. avoiceformen? Not for me! n/t gtar100 Dec 2013 #106

That is vile maddezmom Dec 2013 #114

Barf! Are they telling women they don't know what rape is? This is so demeaning to women. The Wielding Truth Dec 2013 #126

stupid obsession Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #130

While ignoring that the vast majority of victims never see any real justice. nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #138

the false accuations don't help any Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #139

Sure. But they're generally no more frequent than for any other crime - say less than 5% - nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #141

I agree.. Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #142

These guys seem to think that women as a whole are somehow in conspiracy against them. nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #143