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[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In college, I saw a sign that said something like 1 in 6 women will be sexually assaulted. Based on conversations with women around me and my own experiences, I’m pretty sure it’s actually 6 in 6 women.

Before you get upset, yes, I am aware men get assaulted too. That’s not okay either.

[–] poofkaboom 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I agree with this. Problem is that it is not done by most men, but this post makes it seem like most of them do or want to.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Interesting. I interpreted it differently.

I saw it as women experience assault at such high levels, that they feel unsafe around strangers.

Whereas, men see it as an exciting opportunity, full of possibilities. Not necessarily that they intend to commit assault.

[–] KissMeNow@lemmynsfw.com -1 points 22 hours ago

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[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 12 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

but this post makes it seem like most of them do or want to.

The people commenting on the post are making this implication, the comic itself is bland and dumb and has been overplayed for the last 30 years as a pretty standard joke about the differences between men and women and doesn't really make a suggestion beyond "men and women have different concerns."

The problem is we are all internalizing both perspectives in the most toxic, anti-social ways imaginable and isolating ourselves more and more and making the divide worse and worse every year.

[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This post makes it seem that women need to prepare for assault even if not everyone will assault them.