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redqueen

(115,177 posts) Fri Dec 16, 2011, 01:36 PM Dec 2011

http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/in-rape-culture-all-men-are-guilty-until-proven-innocent/

I don't agree with the framing in the title this writer used, but the message is spot on.

No, women don't have an obligation to view any man as being one of the 'good guys,' right off the bat. It's nothing to do with a presumption of innocence. It is about trust.

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Trust is earned, not automatic. [View all] redqueen Dec 2011 OP

I think this applies to anything really. chrisa Dec 2011 #1

It does. redqueen Dec 2011 #2

Trust is never automatic. CrispyQ Dec 2011 #3

Schrodinger's Rapist is the term I've heard. iris27 Dec 2011 #4

Excellent blog. Thanks for posting the link. -nt CrispyQ Dec 2011 #5

That analogy became very popular when Rebecca Watson was lambasted redqueen Dec 2011 #10

sort of how i feel about straight people. nt La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #6

i would imagine the blacks feel the same. i can totally understand seabeyond Dec 2011 #7

i agree with you. i am sorry you dont feel welcome. seabeyond Dec 2011 #9

the majority very rarely accomodate for minority opinion La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #12

again, it feels like you're saying, not gonna happen seabeyond Dec 2011 #13

i am telling you what i experience as a minority voice La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #14

again, i used the word perspective pretty deliberately La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #16

you were not excluded when i say physical violence against women. seabeyond Dec 2011 #17

While I agree to a point LadyHawkAZ Dec 2011 #18

I think it comes from experience, the level of fear. redqueen Dec 2011 #19

I understand where it comes from LadyHawkAZ Dec 2011 #20

it did make me aggressive when pressed. seabeyond Dec 2011 #21

I was much more meek in my teens LadyHawkAZ Dec 2011 #22