What makes you call her a loony?That being said, this woman is also a loony, and was probably disappointed that he didn't "throw her to the ground and ravish her".
What makes you call her a loony?That being said, this woman is also a loony, and was probably disappointed that he didn't "throw her to the ground and ravish her".
No, women just have to want to sleep with you. Which does put it out of reach for many Iguess and that makes them angry.we are outlawing nookie.
The truth is that a jury weighed up the evidence presented by both sides of a dispute and decided that under the balance of probabilities, Donald Trump committed sexual assault against E. Jean Carroll.The truth is not inflammatory enough to satiate you're hatred, that's that's happening here.
I want to be very clear.Hey, remember when Taylor Swift was sexually assaulted in public and froze and didn't say anything, even though there were people, including bodyguards around?
I mean, I could give loads of examples that weren't Taylor Swift (generally without them having their own bodyguards around, but often with other people), but this is a famous and memorable example. Very, very often, victims do not react in the way society says victims are "supposed" to. That does not mean we should throw them under a bus, even if you like the rapist's politics.
1) You are right about a thing. I absolutely made the wrong choice of words. I should have said force-ably pursuing, not taking. Taking implies completion. A guy that doesn't know when he's crossed a line is committing rape.1) Stop trying to blur the line. You very explicitly said women enjoy men "forcibly taking sex". That's not ambiguous, or a description of something consensual but passionate. That's men forcing women.
2) Whatever minor power she had, it was nothing in comparison with an exceptionally rich and influential businessman who has a track record of intimidating and abusing those close to him. She felt able to come forward years later, when he had more power still.... but also when there was increased scrutiny of his actions, and after others had also come forward, so there was more chance of the accusation being taken seriously.
3) Yes. I believe that Trump is so monumentally self-absorbed and arrogant that even if she used the word "rape", and he heard her, he would still have convinced himself that what he was doing was fine, and that she was overreacting, and that therefore he can continue. Such is the degree to which he believes his own opinion on every matter is inarguable and more important than anyone else's.
4) OK, but bud, you cannot really complain about that when it's exactly what you're doing to women in general.
1) This is why I warn men that acting this way, even if it seems actually consensual, is dangerous: don't do it. I've written as much during this thread. And not only can a woman change her mind during sex, she can consent and later regret it. Women can make false claims and/or claims that they are simply telling "their truth". See such stories as that about comedian Aziz Ansari and Mattress Girl. T1) So what ? There's many more rapists who imagine that the woman is secretly willing, or that she's change her mind during the rape.
2) A fantasy largely nourished by your discourse. Are you implying that these are not rapists and this is not rape ?
3) Also the body is complicated, and, while most often a rape is simply physically devastating and painful, sometimes pleasure gets mixed in it, which usually makes the event all the more traumatic, damaging and hard to overcome. If you get forcefully sodomized by a stranger and happen to orgasm, you won't call it a rape ?
4) Also don't whine about being attributed fantasies, it's the whole basis of your discourse.
I think it takes willfulness to think there cannot be a connection proportionate to the apparent commonality of that fantasy. Like, not many people are attracted to cartoon animals. But some are. And they do engage in cos-play.You watch way too much anime to seriously use "what you're attracted to in fantasy is what you're attracted to in real life" as an argument
She doesn't have to win the fight. But she could have done it and I think that would have been the end of it.Because all women who are 6'1" are secretly Amazon warriors who can fight off anyone who wants to rape them.
Cavill has been dating Natalie Viscuso since 2021.
Which bit? The guy who stole the television, or the Jury ruling sexual assault? Both?Yes, correct.
Dunno, they seem to have a lot of voice and power for a small group, seems that society is listening to them.I want to be very clear.
It has never been about what 'society says how a victim should act.'
Its usually one person or small group saying that how THEY would act and pretending soceity agrees with them and everyone should do what they do (even though they have never been in that situation)
I.e. it's nonsense. Always has been. Always will be
At best it's how they would act. But I would doubt that as many gun nuts claim they are a good guy with a gun but most likely would run away at the first sign of trouble
If you are this dude claiming how women should act. Congrats. You are only talking about you and you are probably lying to yourself
If he didn't have consent from her, then there's not a valid "he didn't know" excuse. He didn't care.And that it is as likely, (more likely IMHO) that Trump wouldn't know that, if it happened, he had crossed a line with a women who laughed and didn't make a peep, much less punch him in the face, had sex with him in public within ear shot of others?
You believe its implausible mostly because you don't have much knowledge of/concern for the phenomenon of sexual assault (and how widespread it is), so you're incredulous.2) Possible, not plausible.
...and yet you believe that because some women have an interest in sexually assertive men in a fantasy, therefore they want men to be aggressive and disregard consent in real life. What you're saying here about men wanting to be Batman is obviously true. Yet you're applying exactly the opposite standard to women, and insisting that if they fantasise about something, they must also want the extreme form of that thing in real life.4) Is it? If men are constantly going on about wanting to be Batman, is it OK to assume I want to be Batman? I think not.
1&2) Again, which is why I warn men, don't do it. You are unwilling to apply enough of a demand for agency in women to say a simple, one syllable word, "rape" in such a case.1) If he didn't have consent from her, then there's not a valid "he didn't know" excuse. He didn't care.
And no, the fact that sex "isn't like the Goofy Gophers" doesn't give men the right to completely bypass the need for consent.
2) You believe its implausible mostly because you don't have much knowledge of/concern for the phenomenon of sexual assault (and how widespread it is), so you're incredulous.
I'd recommend you look at victim testimony or read reports by those who work to help victims of sexual assault. Listen to the people who actually go through this, and the professionals who help them.
4) ...and yet you believe that because some women have an interest in sexually assertive men in a fantasy, therefore they want men to be aggressive and disregard consent in real life. What you're saying here about men wanting to be Batman is obviously true. Yet you're applying exactly the opposite standard to women, and insisting that if they fantasise about something, they must also want the extreme form of that thing in real life.
Earlier @Ag3ma posted that the current law treats sexual escalation as being consented to until it isn't. I mentioned that isn't where many law schools want the law to go. I forgot about the Canadian case where a guy is making out with a girl at a Frat party, he puts his finger in her. This is digital rape. The guy is acquitted but not because of constructive consent, but that the Defense enters into evidence that the girl posted in social media that she always says "no" at first. Crappy reasoning. Add to that that in the West, marital rape is now a thing. That's a whole other thing for another thread (again, we get way off topic in politics. I'm headed back to movies etc. ASAP). but the direction does seem certain. And that's before we get to talking about so much main stream media trying to end heterosexual romance (loveless, unlovely, brutish, man-like women with no love interests and effeminate and/or comic relief incompetent men in things like Disney and Marvel movies). You really sure someone out there isn't trying to outlaw nookie?No, women just have to want to sleep with you. Which does put it out of reach for many Iguess and that makes them angry.
And Trump could have decided not to sexually assault her, thus avoiding the entire ugly situation. But he chose not to do that and now he's paying the price for that choice. Not her choice, his.She doesn't have to win the fight. But she could have done it and I think that would have been the end of it.
Again, this is why a man who thinks he is giving into how a woman wants sex, even if she does (and obviously if he is mistaken and she doesn't) is putting himself too in danger. Don't do it. Better to just not get laid. One of my best buddies was in this situation. He walked away and stayed out of trouble.And Trump could have decided not to sexually assault her, thus avoiding the entire ugly situation. But he chose not to do that and now he's paying the price for that choice. Not her choice, his.
If you think simply fighting back is enough to scare off a rapist, you are incredibly naïve about rape.
Well yes. Though I'd also like to point out that he's also putting her in even more danger, which is rather worse. If ever someone has to stop and wonder if what they are doing is rape, they should not be doing it.Again, this is why a man who thinks he is giving into how a woman wants sex, even if she does (and obviously if he is mistaken and she doesn't) is putting himself too in danger. Don't do it. Better to just not get laid.
She's an eccentric writer who once had her own tv show, and every interview she gives goes sideways as some point.What makes you call her a loony?
Both.Which bit? The guy who stole the television, or the Jury ruling sexual assault? Both?
But I am the one whose words reflect their judgment. Do you think a jury that looked her in the eyes and said "no, we don't believe you were raped" was sending the message "we hope this gives you some peace of mind from your traumatic experience."The truth is that a jury weighed up the evidence presented by both sides of a dispute and decided that under the balance of probabilities, Donald Trump committed sexual assault against E. Jean Carroll.
I respect their judgement.
I think that might be more than a little arrogant.But I am the one whose words reflect their judgment.
Honestly, this section is just fucking weird. It looks like the arguments of someone who wants to argue, but appears to demonstrate no knowledge or understanding of anything he's trying to argue about.Do you think a jury that looked her in the eyes and said "no, we don't believe you were raped" was sending the message "we hope this gives you some peace of mind from your traumatic experience."
Honestly, Carroll herself doesn't think this is about trauma, in her own words, she filed this suit to clear her name. She didn't need justice for peace of mind, she needed the court to tell people she didn't make up the encounter entirely.
She's hardly the first ADHD person to get a TV show. And that doesn't mean she can't be raped or assaulted.She's an eccentric writer who once had her own tv show, and every interview she gives goes sideways as some point.
Because there may not be sufficient evidence to find him criminally liable for rape.Do you have any explanation as to why a jury would not find him equally liable for rape?
I have noticed that a lot of men spend a lot of time fantasizing about the kinds of sexual fantasizes they think women have without taking the time to actually ask or investigate in any detail.Does anyone on this forum actually doubt that a large majority of women, particularly those who enjoy bodice ripping romance novels, fantasize about rough sex from sexually aggressive men?
It's interesting that you posted this, because it's actually highly relevant. It's actually a common phrase that got repeated over and over again in the conservative backlash to Andrea Dworkin's book Intercourse, generally by people who hadn't read the book. Catherine MacKinnon and Andrea Dworkin were both heavily involved in the anti-pornogrpahy movement, but the reality is that neither ever said such a thing.All sex is rape (I think a Feminist named McKinnon came up with that one)
Did you mean "can" not "can't" tell? I have suggested in this thread that women use the one syllable word, "rape" as a safety word of sorts. Except for a monster that actually wants to hurt a woman, I'd think that would force a guy who does care to be able to tell the difference and not cross that line.I have noticed that a lot of men spend a lot of time fantasizing about the kinds of sexual fantasizes they think women have without taking the time to actually ask or investigate in any detail.
To put it bluntly, I think most straight men can't tell the difference between bottoming fantasies, submissive fantasies, masochistic fantasies, rape fantasies and actual rape.