• OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml
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    6 days ago

    I shouldn’t have to arm myself with a deadly weapon to avoid being raped, and doing so significantly increases my chances of being killed.

    Why don’t you go advise men not to rape instead of telling women how not to get raped? Statistically, some of your male friends and family are rapists or will be.

    Also killing people -especially up close like that- is really traumatic no matter how much of a tough guy persona you put on. As someone who has PTSD from sexual violence, I would not press a button to violently kill my attacker on top of me and retcon what happened to me.

    I cannot stress enough how incredibly performatively callous and how out of touch with the experiences of women and the reality of killing this meme is.

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      6 days ago

      For the record, I do tell friends not to have even consensual sex with way younger girls. If I was ever to know some friend raped, I would call the police 100%.

      The sad thing in this society is I’m kind a rare type of friend. Usually friends are much more rapist-tolerant, which makes raping almost a common thing.

      So yes, I recommend my gf to carry personal defence.