Rape is evil, and it is a bit reductive to say it's "a single, brief event, possibly only lasting minutes", since trauma is legitimately a thing and people process that differently.
But that goes hand in hand with the alternative posed here. It's traumatic to be betrayed, harmed and taken advantage of. It's also traumatic to be abandoned by the supposed justice systems that are meant to protect the innocent.
And I think this is the issue people have here. They are so used to and ingrained with the idea of Good vs Evil, that any supposed lesser evil is somehow a statement that it's actually not evil at all and is actually good. And that's simply not true. These are two very clear evils, and some people cannot process the idea that saying "this one does more harm" is not a statement in defence of the other.
Binary thinking and false dichotomies have been a disaster for people who think themselves smart but only ever repeat the status quo.
It's funny. These people will hem and haw about how everything is a shade of gray and nobody is really good or evil until someone allegedly does something that they don't like. Then suddenly they have moral standards again. Go figure.
In hindsight rape might be the lesser of two evils, but it's asinine to dismiss the lasting effects it has on a person's mind just because it lasts only for a couple minutes (usually). So I think this is a heavy contribution why he got dunked on so hard in the replies.
Yeah, male rape victims oftentimes commit suicide because they feel their entire identity as man has been forcibly taken from them, and -- for some victims -- it's impossible for them to reconcile that loss of identity, hence why so many male rape victims (46%) attempt suicide:
Rape is evil, and it is a bit reductive to say it's "a single, brief event, possibly only lasting minutes", since trauma is legitimately a thing and people process that differently.
But that goes hand in hand with the alternative posed here. It's traumatic to be betrayed, harmed and taken advantage of. It's also traumatic to be abandoned by the supposed justice systems that are meant to protect the innocent.
And I think this is the issue people have here. They are so used to and ingrained with the idea of Good vs Evil, that any supposed lesser evil is somehow a statement that it's actually not evil at all and is actually good. And that's simply not true. These are two very clear evils, and some people cannot process the idea that saying "this one does more harm" is not a statement in defence of the other.
Binary thinking and false dichotomies have been a disaster for people who think themselves smart but only ever repeat the status quo.
It's funny. These people will hem and haw about how everything is a shade of gray and nobody is really good or evil until someone allegedly does something that they don't like. Then suddenly they have moral standards again. Go figure.
Standards for thee, not for me.
Well it's a problematic topic because you can't force empathatic-behavior by subjecting them to it.
If girls could accuse other girls of rape as easily they can guys, this narrative would never get off the ground.
Yeah, male rape victims oftentimes commit suicide because they feel their entire identity as man has been forcibly taken from them, and -- for some victims -- it's impossible for them to reconcile that loss of identity, hence why so many male rape victims (46%) attempt suicide:
https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/self-reported-health-and-behavioral-problems-among-adolescent
https://safeline.org.uk/be-informed/information-resources/male-specific-services-to-meet-male-survivor-needs/
When feminists complain about rape they mean a woman who got drunk and fucked a guy who never called her again.
When a white woman is gang-raped into a coma by blacks, feminists are always the first to say she's a lying slut who was asking for it.
Feelings should not dictate the punishment because they are ultimately nebulous in all dimensions while the punishment based on them is permanent.
I never suggested that they should?