A Costume Parade Down Your Avenue. Don’t Forget To Put Up Your Hands! No, it’s not time for Mardi Gras. You can put away your beads and be-dazzlers. And yes, the bottle of bourbon, too. This is somewhat less entertaining and a little less fun, but there are flashy costumes to look at. So how’s …
The Battle of the Ex’s We have come to hear an awful lot about fathers who don’t support their children. Some won’t, some can’t, but the father’s ability to pay doesn’t matter much. What matters is whether or not he pays. We even have a rather cute name for this obnoxious animal, “deadbeat dad.” There …
There have been innumerable, wanton characterizations of men as sexual deviants over the last few decades. This was reflected on directly by Marilyn French, who penned the idea that “All men are rapists and that’s all they are.” Perhaps, in her quest for social justice, though, she neglected to consider the part of equality that …
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When the cutting is done there is naught left but the unavoidable conclusion: Feminism is chivalry on crack. Good show, Mr. Chapin.
While presumptive guilt in accusations of male-on-female rape is wrestled over by activists and lawmakers, another point is missed, and that’s the point that the construct within western society of the rule of law based in the principle of justice is no longer operative in reality. The rule of law still operates of course, but it has become the rule of private law, where criminal and civil laws are applied differentially depending on social class.
“Whoever, intending to insult the modesty of any woman, utters any word, makes any sound or gesture, or exhibits any object, intending that such word or sound shall be heard, or that such gesture or object shall be seen by such woman, or intrudes upon the privacy of such woman, shall be punished with imprisonment …
Sometimes there is nothing an innocent guy can do to avoid a false rape claim. Sometimes he is just in the wrong place at the wrong time. But a significant number of false rape claims can be avoided by exercising caution and staying clear of situations where the likelihood of a false rape claim is enhanced. When it comes …
Read that again. It’s not hyperbole. Under the plan proposed by some Swedish legal experts, once a woman cries “rape,” the accused male would be sent away to prison for many years unless he could prove consent.
What we excuse, we enable. And what we enable, we get, in ever increasing amounts. When enabling women to excuse, rationalize, justify and shift blame, even over their most heinous acts, we will pay for it. Sometimes the dues are paltry. Sometimes payment comes in little caskets.
Any discussion of rape between genders is quickly polarized by highly politicized statements such as “all men are rapists” and in most cases the conversation turns to the effects of rape rather than contributing factors.
