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Nov 4, 2023Liked by Paula Wright

thanks for the article I really enjoyed it. it's crazy to think how rational women were kicked out the feminist movement. so their goal is not equality and the don't even really respect women's autonomy. so it seem to be evident that their goal is retribution but even at the cost of their fellow feminists. who would you say key feminists are to the movement are?

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I have been a victim of crime dozens of times. Bikes stolen, employees ripping me off, and so on. Also assaults. I am a guy who grew up in a rough neighborhood. Not once has anyone been prosecuted. Ever. Various crimes. Also, how would one classify this: I met a woman, she was separated, her ex husband lived in a separate town. She gave me a ride home from a party and asked to see my place. I was working like a nut and I was tired but I said yes. She came on to me forcefully, wouldn’t take no for an answer. I was not attracted to her. But I was 29 and had a near constant erection. I wasn’t seeing anyone. After gently rebuffing her for 20 minutes I thought ‘whatever, lets get this over with’. This was pre rampant disease. Over 40 years ago. Her husband had had an affair. He was out of town working. She did this to get back at him and after it was over she went home and phoned him. He was a hot headed violent guy. He finished his one month work contract and came back to town - they weren’t separated - with the intention of killing me. He didn’t. We talked it out. But it was close. He had a loaded rifle with him. That close. So, was that sexual assault? She was physically climbing on top of me. She wouldn’t take no for an answer. It was the physical female equivalent of date rape. She also stoked a very dangerous situation. If I had gone to the police they would hVe shrugged it off.

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The crucial issue in this scenario is consent. You thought, ‘whatever, lets get this over with’. An MRA might say that this was a sexual assault. If this happened to a woman in exactly the same way, a feminist would also say it was sexual assault.

The law, in both cases, would not class this as sexual assault.

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I agree. It is though a ‘nonnindictable’ assault. The bad part though was the fact she did it all to provoke a fight between her husband and me. One of us, likely me as I don’t have a gun, could have died.

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“endemic male chauvinism of the time” How bad was it?

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Pretty bad.

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Is this possible to capture in empirical data or is it rooted in anecdotes/impressions?

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I'm speaking of my personal experience. There is huge amounts of empirical data on male chauvinism. Just just as there is today on the rise of female chauvinism

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Is male chauvinism illiberal or just a nuisance?

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Chauvinism is a weakness of character that both sexes are susceptible to

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