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I made the following point in the comments, but it's still in the moderation queue ... ===== Pretty much spot on – upvoted on HN FWIW. One gripe: “The next t

I made the following point in the comments, but it's still in the moderation queue ... ===== Pretty much spot on – upvoted on HN FWIW. One gripe: “The next time that you feel like saying ‘not all men…’, keep in mind – it takes ONE asshole to make a comment that is so foul and disgusting … And have the courage to call out douchebag behavior when you see it for what it is.” So the thing is: claiming that [all | most] men are [potential] rapists is every bit as much douchebag behaviour as all the mysoginistic shit you’re (rightly) criticising, and is in no small part based upon the same flawed philosophy as the people threatening female game developers with rape. That said, there are constructive and destructive ways to point it out. “You know, by saying that, you’re behaving in the same way as [fuckwad in question].” But, and this is worth bearing in mind: in the same way that douchebag men are actually (as you point out) pretty rare, so are douchebag women. =====

detcader 12y ago
>in the same way that douchebag men are actually (as you point out) pretty rare "One in four men admitted raping a woman once in their life according to a report from United Nations. The study was conducted through interviewing 10,000 men aged between 18 and 49-years-old in Asia-Pacific region - Bangladesh, China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Papua New Guinea. Authors for the research said that the findings may not represent the entire Asia and Pacific Region but those men interviewed for the study are representation of a good demographic match for the countries studied." - http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/505173/20130911/rape-united-nations-new-delhi.htm http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/505173/20130911/rape-united-n...
- duncan_bayne 12y ago
  Indeed - that was sloppy on my part; I meant "in the society in which I live."
  - detcader 12y ago
    Are you saying the US is significantly different from the countries surveyed by the UN? Why would this be the assumption?
    - duncan_bayne 12y ago
      Why are you assuming I live in the US? I'm Australian, and our reported levels of rape are - fortunately - many orders of magnitude lower than 12.5% of the population, at around 29 per 100,000. Obviously not all rapes are reported, but I think it's fair to say that Australia has less of a rape problem than those countries.
- HCIdivision17 12y ago
  That has to be one of the most shocking statistics I have ever seen, regardless of the region of choice. As in, I don't think I have ever seen a number of a social metric that was so much higher than what I'd have guessed. (Though certain famine statistics and historical records for a few diseases are in the same ball park.)
  - duncan_bayne 12y ago
    Bear in mind which countries were surveyed. You might not be surprised if you lived there, or knew people who had.

detcader 12y ago

>in the same way that douchebag men are actually (as you point out) pretty rare "One in four men admitted raping a woman once in their life according to a report from United Nations. The study was conducted through interviewing 10,000 men aged between 18 and 49-years-old in Asia-Pacific region - Bangladesh, China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Papua New Guinea. Authors for the research said that the findings may not represent the entire Asia and Pacific Region but those men interviewed for the study are representation of a good demographic match for the countries studied." - http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/505173/20130911/rape-united-nations-new-delhi.htm http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/505173/20130911/rape-united-n...

duncan_bayne 12y ago
Indeed - that was sloppy on my part; I meant "in the society in which I live."
- detcader 12y ago
  Are you saying the US is significantly different from the countries surveyed by the UN? Why would this be the assumption?
  - duncan_bayne 12y ago
    Why are you assuming I live in the US? I'm Australian, and our reported levels of rape are - fortunately - many orders of magnitude lower than 12.5% of the population, at around 29 per 100,000. Obviously not all rapes are reported, but I think it's fair to say that Australia has less of a rape problem than those countries.
HCIdivision17 12y ago
That has to be one of the most shocking statistics I have ever seen, regardless of the region of choice. As in, I don't think I have ever seen a number of a social metric that was so much higher than what I'd have guessed. (Though certain famine statistics and historical records for a few diseases are in the same ball park.)
- duncan_bayne 12y ago
  Bear in mind which countries were surveyed. You might not be surprised if you lived there, or knew people who had.