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In reply to the discussion: Stop Telling Women How to Not Get Raped [View all]ProfessorGAC
(64,869 posts)And no, everyone is NOT a potential arsonist. That's an extension of logic so broad that it's breaking.
The notion that anybody is a potential anything merely because they're sentient beings is ridiculous.
You're thread is a fine notion to introduce. Educating boys to minimize the risk they will engage in anti-social behaviors is a perfectly sound idea.
But, you're turning off allies with the insistence that every guy is a potential rapist. It is, in fact, insulting. It is as insulting as you would find someone telling you what to think about pornography or titalating marketing ploys. You are telling me and other guys here what's in our head, and you don't know the first thing about the vast majority of us.
If a guy here tells you he's not a potential rapist, then he's not. I'm on of them. Or, do i have to get a note from my wife?
GAC