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originally posted by: zosimov
You admit that perverted/violent men pretend to be trans in order to gain access to highly vulnerable women.
originally posted by: zosimov
Do you believe that only convicted sex offenders are aware of this trojan horse?
originally posted by: zosimov
Your definition of vulnerable means nothing--you don't get to decide who is vulnerable or not, and plenty of people from abusive homes don't end up incarcerated but are vulnerable nonetheless.
originally posted by: zosimov
Yes, women are by nature susceptible to violence...
originally posted by: zosimov
hence the shocking percentage of women who have suffered sexual violence, including 1 in 3 in a public place (compare that to 1 in 9 men)
www.cdc.gov...
www.who.int...
I can't believe I have to source this stuff. It's commonly known by everyone not feigning ignorance.
originally posted by: zosimov
I'm not sure quibbling about my choice of words or whether I trimmed "that suggests" out of a quote or other such trivial matters is productive.
originally posted by: zosimov
As far as women being victims, I'll use myself as an example: I'm included in that 1 in 3 group of women who have been sexually assaulted in public, and for me it's happened multiple times when I've been groped by strange men (or near strangers, I knew one of the creeps) in public (at 2 concerts, at a pool hall, by a doctor in a doctor's office, at a friend's party). But I'm no victim by any means, in fact I'm a fairly outspoken and strong woman who punched one of my attackers in the jaw even though he was about a foot taller and caused a big scene with most of the others (I was too young to question medical authority when the doctor assaulted me and gave me a breast exam as a young teen).
There was a time when I would have been embarrassed to say that publicly but not anymore!
originally posted by: zosimov
At least we can agree on something--I agree with you on your last paragraph. Teach your sons and daughters to respect autonomy and the individual rights of others.
originally posted by: BrucellaOrchitis
originally posted by: zosimov
I'm not sure quibbling about my choice of words or whether I trimmed "that suggests" out of a quote or other such trivial matters is productive.
I did check that evidence, and it does not support the writer's theory and I can only conclude that he either misunderstood the data or intentionally misrepresented it. Either way, he subsequently butchered the stats to conform to his "theory" so it doesn't really matter which it was as the end result was the same.
By omitting the "That suggests" you on the other hand imply that the information is not a theory but a fact which it is not.
Sadly it is all too true that unprocessed trauma can manifest itself as bullying. Those who are repeatedly victimised by others can themselves become victimisers as a means of coping with their own abuse and indeed will sometimes join forces with those that would otherwise abuse them, identifying weaker targets for their attentions instead.
Those that identify as transgender are four times as likely to be victims of violence, sexual assault and aggrevated crimes against their residence than cisgender individuals and yet they are as likely to report those crimes as cisgender.
Their enemy is exactly the same enemy as mine.
originally posted by: zosimov
At least we can agree on something--I agree with you on your last paragraph. Teach your sons and daughters to respect autonomy and the individual rights of others.
Don't forget the bit about bullies being pathetic.
It's important to set the example of standing up, not just for yourself, but for each other.