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EmpatheticTeddyBear@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

As a domestic abuser survivor (of a woman), a lot of us men are just not taken seriously. It is a lot like how people diminish one person’s pain/suffering just because it “isn’t as bad” as someone else’s pain. Men are absolutely abused, raped, and falsely accused. But because it happens to women more, we have to bear our suffering in silence.

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Wammityblam@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
No one is saying that men cannot be victims of harassment or assault.

However it is objectively true that women deal with this problem in much higher quantities than men do.

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- yucandu@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  However it is objectively true that women deal with this problem in much higher quantities than men do.
  
  How do you know that it is objectively true, if you also know these statistics are based around a culture that discourages men from reporting this problem?
  
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- Gathorall@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  And that’s why there should be a “no foreigners or blacks”-option.
  
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  - MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Per RAINN, 57% of perpetrators are white. I’ll charitably imagine you’re attempting to point out perceived hypocrisy in gender vs race selection, but you’re perpetuating racist and xenophobic stereotypes. White men commit rape at more than twice the rate of black men, and naturally born citizens commit crimes at rates higher than both documented and undocumented immigrants.
    
    If you want to make the case that it’s a discriminatory policy, you’re welcome to do so, but tying it to false perceptions of race is probably not the best move. It’s coming off as reactionary at best.
    
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    kittykillinit@lemy.lol ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    The actual argument is that it’s acceptable to discriminate against people of color because data shows they are considerably more violent than whites.
    
    The same thing applies to discriminating against men because data shows they are considerably more violent than women.
    
    Sexism and racism are okay if you have the data to back it up. Unless… this is a double standard and we’re allowing discrimination based on sex but not discrimination based on race?
    
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