"Every man is a potential rapist.": Lee Lakeman & The Vancover Rape Shelter

[Simulacrum]

Why you have to talk bad about how she looks? That serves no purpose

Just taking the debate to the level that it's at. She makes absurd, hateful statement about people, she gets absurd, hateful statement back from people. Far as I am concerned, that's all the effort people like this deserve in response, unless they're dictating policy or something (at which point they warrant a much more serious response, but I digress).

If she wants to be treated with respect she's going about it the wrong way.

[Glnger]

Yes, but my point is: answering a shitty behavior with shitty behavior is not what I would consider a proper way to behave. Plus I don't think her points have anything to do with our appearance; she dislikes males as a gender in general, for a complex of reason, Which is ridiculous and extremely bigoted, of course.

I can sling low-balls and highballs depending on the behavior of the type of person I'm attacking. (you're gonna hate this) but I do not spend all of my time in the mud wallows slinging shit at the opposite sex just for their existence, like this woman (who is openly hostile against men)

[Zenotetsuken]

"Every man is a potential rapist" is the exact same thing as saying "Every person is a potential murderer". Sure, if you remove every single thing about someone, the "Potential" to do something is all you have left.
If you boil it down to nothing but "Potential", the only reason that "Every man is a potential rapist" instead of "Everyone is a potential rapist" is because we have penises, and they point out, instead of in... That is it.

[turboether]

Every feminist is a potential insufferable man-hating cunt.

Potentially.

[Xecks]

so is she saying men cant be raped? news to me.

[Glnger]

"every woman is a potential false-rape accuser"

damn, labeling the "other" as evil people can sure get out of hand fucking quick...



imagine the world we'd live in if idiots like this went unchallenged. women believing all men will rape you, and all men believing that every woman who they have relations with could result in rape accusations.

[Dorothyjean]

The Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter has stated in an article on its website that "Every man is a potential rapist." This was in defence of comments made by one of its long-standing employees and spokeswoman, Lee Lakeman.

Lakeman, a high profile feminist pioneer, activist, author, speaker and recipient of an honorary PhD from the University of British Columbia, stated the following when offering advice to men that would like to help: "Get your individual boot off the neck of the women in your life."

In its "statistics" section, Rape Relief's Web site defends Ms. Lakeman's public comments stating that "Every man is a potential rapist" and says female activists are stopping violence by, among other things, "refusing sex with men as long as they read pornography."

Sources:
http://www.fact.on.ca/news/news0103/np010301.htm
http://www.rapereliefshelter.bc.ca/l...uth-we-know-it

Every woman is a potential feminist idiot!

[Glnger]

Every woman is a potential feminist idiot!

lets write an outraged blog about it!

[Kraenen]

Every woman is a potential feminist idiot!

I prefer the term "cum catcher" but whatever suits you.

[Hana Song]

I prefer the term "cum catcher" but whatever suits you.

That sounds gross

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

Keep in mind this woman spends all day every day surrounded by Victims of Rape. She hears all the stories about the guys that "seemed really nice at first".

[Scooby Dooby Doo]

Keep in mind this woman spends all day every day surrounded by Victims of Rape. She hears all the stories about the guys that "seemed really nice at first".

Yeah good argument but she also describes herself as a a "feminist pioneer". Therefore she's fo shizzle biased.(regardless if she works at a shelter or not)

[Anastacy]

Things I learned because of this thread:

1. Tennisace is a potential rapist (whew, glad that one's cleared up!).

2. "'Cause girls just wanna have fun!"

3. Bill Cosby has an "honorary PhD".

#IneedfeminismbecauseIlearnrandomfacts

[breadisfunny]

this argument would only make sense if you replace man with draenei.

[Mistame]

Sounds like something a bitter, fat and old feminist would say.

[Skillslam]

I'm such a good feminist ally I went out and did some rapin' so the article wasn't a lie

[Icuren]

Sounds like something a bitter, fat and old feminist would say.

Sounds like something a bitter, fat old man would say.

[Heathy]

I'm such a good feminist ally I went out and did some rapin' so the article wasn't a lie

[Glnger]

this is literally no worse than the evangelical right anymore.

[Jerakal]

Every person is a potential criminal.

But that comment is absurdly sexist.