and finally, proof that the Sahara is not a desert. just like when it snows outside it’s proof that global warming is a hoax, rainfall proves that deserts are a hoax. the Sahara is a rainforest, wake up sheeple.

that’s on purpose. it checks whether you actually verify information out just make assumptions. you’re not supposed to eyeball things.

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you’re giving yourself too much credit. I didn’t know you exist; you’re the one who replied to me. you have a weird way of showing you don’t care about my opinion.

you keep saying “silence me” while you’re clearly very much the opposite of silent. no one’s silencing you. go protest.

I don’t remember silencing you mate. as I said, it’s embellishment and pointing to a societal problem. same with the bear question. you’re not supposed to take it literally.

maybe go counter protest with a sign that says “make your signs more precise and less attention grabbing” I don’t know. then we could be talking about that issue as well, because it is an issue. “men can’t be raped” is the result of our patriarchal society, and part of the problem with toxic masculinity. we should indeed talk about that too. systemic sexism hurts everyone.

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those cases are not relevant here. the data we’re talking about is not skewed. they cover all these other situations independent of municipality. also these are not numbers on reported cases (they’re included in the study) but estimated actual numbers.

I took a look at the CDC report. Those comparable numbers are only about the 12 months preceding the survey which is, while probably statistically significant, not the whole story. It’s interesting to see why there’s a jump in those numbers for the 12 months preceding, but otherwise if you look at lifetime numbers women are victimized at significantly higher rates than men.

an estimated 19.3% of women and 1.7% of men have been raped during their lifetimes

that’s being penetrated, I think it doesn’t include being made to penetrate, which is covered in other forms of sexual violence.

side note: I don’t know how the article got numbers for “being made to penetrate” specifically, the CDC article doesn’t seem to specifically say it. maybe I skimmed it wrong. I only saw the 1.6% of men reporting “unwanted sexual contact” in the last 12 months, which is compared to the women reporting at 2.2% of women, which is while still almost 40% higher, closer than lifetime experiences which are estimated at 27.3% vs 10.8%. Guess which is which.

An estimated 43.9% of women and 23.4% of men experienced other forms of sexual violence during their lifetimes, including being made to penetrate, sexual coercion, unwanted sexual contact, and noncontact unwanted sexual experiences.

This includes being made to penetrate and other things, again if you can find where the 1.6% comes from please let me know.

An estimated 15.2% of women and 5.7% of men have been a victim of stalking during their lifetimes

this is interestingly one of the categories where it is not as close in the last 12 months: women’s rate double men’s. not central to my overall point but it is surprising because if anything I expected this to be closer than other categories, considering social media making stalking easier. just a note.

here’s an interesting part about “always a man”:

women are predominantly predated by men in all forms, but men are predominantly made to penetrate and coerced by women (I guess this is expected more than men would be doing this?), while penetrated predominantly by men (I guess obvious) and suffering other forms of sexual predation including stalking by a relatively even rate of men and women.

That sounds like it all comes pretty close to “always a man”.

I think it’s more that as a non rapist I don’t really take it personally when women talk about concerns about the general attitude they receive from men.

guys always is an embellishment. it’s almost funny that not all men became not always men. obviously not always men but if you think the numbers are comparable you’re living in a fantasy land.