I'm male and I didn't read it as male-bashing. Even if the message is targetted at men, it doesn't contain any generalizations like "Men are natural born rapists". If the method of delivery implies "Men need this advice to keep from becoming rapists" then that would be slightly leaning toward a type of bashing, but as presented here it doesn't ring that way to me.
using male nouns and pronouns imply only the raping of women by men is worth discussing
Well, presentation of a message that certain people need to hear is not the same as saying "other messages are not worth presenting". Saying "Women: protect yourselves" is not to say "Men: You don't need protection". Certainly saying one message over and over may imply an emphasis on that specific message, but doesn't exclude other messages. Same goes for "Men: Don't rape women" - it doesn't imply that men raping men or boys is OK.
(It's possible that this was in response to something else in the other/original entry that I'm not seeing here...)
"rape is an integral and constant element of the male psyche,"
wtf, who said that? Rape is not an element of my psyche, certainly not an integral and constant one. *That* part qualifies as male-bashing. I'm guessing that the original writer of that meant it as more of a straw-man that needed to be disputed, rather than any kind of a statement about how men actually think/feel/believe/behave.
I think we have emotions by way of being animals, and we have the power to assert intellect and willpower between our emotions and our behavior by way of being human. I also think that if a person has a tendency to behave a certain way without engaging thoughts and conscious decision first, that means he/she hasn't received the proper training necessary to qualify as "human". Therefore, someone who rapes another person and then says "But, but, but she was wearing a short skirt!!!1" as far as I'm concerned, he is not human.
I also very much agree with one part of its message: Rape is not the fault of the person who gets raped.
Oh yeah, definitely. Hear hear! There's a difference between advice that tells people to protect themselves, and saying it's their fault if they don't. Some people misread helpful advice as scolding those who don't follow it. That seems to be the whole point behind the meme. (Makes it kind of a counter-meme I guess :)
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I'm male and I didn't read it as male-bashing. Even if the message is targetted at men, it doesn't contain any generalizations like "Men are natural born rapists". If the method of delivery implies "Men need this advice to keep from becoming rapists" then that would be slightly leaning toward a type of bashing, but as presented here it doesn't ring that way to me.
Well, presentation of a message that certain people need to hear is not the same as saying "other messages are not worth presenting". Saying "Women: protect yourselves" is not to say "Men: You don't need protection". Certainly saying one message over and over may imply an emphasis on that specific message, but doesn't exclude other messages. Same goes for "Men: Don't rape women" - it doesn't imply that men raping men or boys is OK.
(It's possible that this was in response to something else in the other/original entry that I'm not seeing here...)
wtf, who said that? Rape is not an element of my psyche, certainly not an integral and constant one. *That* part qualifies as male-bashing. I'm guessing that the original writer of that meant it as more of a straw-man that needed to be disputed, rather than any kind of a statement about how men actually think/feel/believe/behave.
I think we have emotions by way of being animals, and we have the power to assert intellect and willpower between our emotions and our behavior by way of being human. I also think that if a person has a tendency to behave a certain way without engaging thoughts and conscious decision first, that means he/she hasn't received the proper training necessary to qualify as "human". Therefore, someone who rapes another person and then says "But, but, but she was wearing a short skirt!!!1" as far as I'm concerned, he is not human.
Oh yeah, definitely. Hear hear! There's a difference between advice that tells people to protect themselves, and saying it's their fault if they don't. Some people misread helpful advice as scolding those who don't follow it. That seems to be the whole point behind the meme. (Makes it kind of a counter-meme I guess :)