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ismnotwasm

(42,478 posts)
3. My SIL-- the one with 2 little daughters absolutely love this
Sat Jan 4, 2014, 08:56 AM
Jan 2014

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He doesn't wasn't his little girls to grow up in a world were they'd be blamed for their own rapes over what they wear-- or anything else. He knows where the blame lies; with the ones that rape. He's one of those 'gentle Giant' types, and he adores his family. He's a great guy.

cinnabonbon

(860 posts)
9. Gentle giants are usually the best kind of guys. Your daughter is lucky!
Sat Jan 4, 2014, 04:36 PM
Jan 2014

I agree that it's important to work to change the world now, so that the next generation doesn't have to grow up with this toxic victim-blaming bullshit. The first and most important step is to remind people where the blame lies. Once that sticks, it's easier to get them to see how messed up it is to imply that the survivor is to blame for being assaulted.

But anyway, your story about your SIL reminded me of that hugely successful "don't be that guy" campaign in Canada (?). Do you remember the one I am talking about?

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
4. radical and yet Not Radical.
Sat Jan 4, 2014, 09:30 AM
Jan 2014

Old fashioned even but, to take the law into own hands is the very definition of radical. So, it is radical in the traditional sense.

ismnotwasm

(42,478 posts)
5. Yeah I caught that
Sat Jan 4, 2014, 12:08 PM
Jan 2014

Infused with a bit of macho-- but whatever it takes. Dad's new to the idea of rape culture are limited in a wa as to what their responses will be. Falling back on the 'and I'll kick you ass' the coping skill they have. Of course I have the same initial reaction so it's not limited to Dads I suppose

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
6. Mother's instinct can be even more ferocious than any father's. Note the Animal Kingdom for
Sat Jan 4, 2014, 01:01 PM
Jan 2014

witness of that phenomenon.

redqueen

(115,172 posts)
7. Gonna have to check out that tumblr
Sat Jan 4, 2014, 01:10 PM
Jan 2014

Thanks for posting this

I just posted a nice tumblr post I saw about white privilege in GD. I hope it doesn't get bogged down with shit stirring.

ismnotwasm

(42,478 posts)
8. Anything "privilege"
Sat Jan 4, 2014, 01:38 PM
Jan 2014

Gets bogged down on bullshit. Usually by what I suspect are libertarian trolls-- but not always

ismnotwasm

(42,478 posts)
11. Weirdness
Sat Jan 4, 2014, 07:46 PM
Jan 2014

What do you say to shit like that? I mean That doesn't result in alert stalking and enforced 'breaks'? Because apparently borderline racist bullshit is perfectly acceptable.

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