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Marc2b -> RE: Barney Frank De-Balls A Wingnut (12/27/2010 1:37:28 PM)
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While it's rare for Me to make contributions in this section, any time I that I do so, I attempt to keep to the subject at hand. I'm not looking at Frank's entire political career. I'm looking at the interview on one subject.
Okay, but I’m not really sure why you seem to think I was singling you out. It was just a general comment to everybody that if you are going to dislike (or even hate) someone, it should be over their character and not over innate matters like sexuality.
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In this, I think you are skipping something. My belief is that there is an additional vulnerability in the case of women and men and gay men and straight men in the same circumstances. We know that acts of sexual assault against women have little to do with sexual acts themselves. It's about violence. In the case of men and women with equal defensive training, such acts of violence can be easier to commit. Not especially the same case when we are talking about people of the same gender. Let's not forget the spikes that were experienced in reports by women who were being sexually assaulted when women were integrated into certain areas. That's a little more than feeling awkward.
Yes but I’m not talking about people committing sexual assault. People who are prone to commit sexual violence are likely to do so regardless of whatever laws, regulations, etc, we have. In those cases, the best we can do is apply the law. I’m simply talking about the fact that our modesty (whether it is something inborn or culturally attributed) can make us uncomfortable having strangers gawking at us in an obviously sexual way - whether those strangers are of the same or opposite sex - and, that if people can't overcome that, then they should avoid situations where it is likely to happen.
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