Argumentative Penguin
1 min readJan 21, 2025

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I've heard at least two women say they somewhat regret having children when they did. I would therefore like to conclude that all women would, if given the opportunity, murder their children. Does that sound batshit? It should.

Rape is not a matter of opportunity and doesn't deserve to be dealt with in such a flippant way, if it were simply a matter of opportunity then the incidence of rape would be astronomical. Almost every woman spends at least a part of their day alone in the company of a man. Given the prosecution rate for rape is so low, this would suggest men could (if they so wished) get away with it. If the fictional world you have built were true, every woman would be raped multiple times a week. Opportunity is high. Risk is low. That doesn't happen and your conclusion is erroneous.

What you have written here is designed to enflame a base of readers. It does little more than drive a wedge between men and women. You can tell it's faux-feminism bordering on misandry because it has the Human Revolution red 100 on it. What I think is that this overblown sort of rhetoric isn't helpful towards the push towards sexual equality and does more harm than good. What you think is 'calling out the problem' is actually perpetuating it.

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Argumentative Penguin
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