Comments by "SmallSpoonBrigade" (@SmallSpoonBrigade) on "Russell Simmons Investigated For Rape" video.

  1. Aida Rodriguez, you should be ashamed of yourself for those comments about Matt Damon. He's absolutely right about the fact that there's a difference between sexual harassment and the various types of sexual assault. I didn't have a choice the first time I was kissed by a girl, but it's incredibly disrespectful to suggest that the times I've been catcalled were the same thing as that or that being forceably kissed is the same thing as being raped. If you can't comprehend the difference, then you madam are the problem. And BTW, I'm a guy, women and girls can be every bit as pervy and abusive as men are, it's just that we haven't as a society really recognized that women are just as responsible for this as men are. We punish men, but for the most part don't punish women that engage in these sorts of acts and acting like this is a gendered issue just muddies the water.
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  2. That's because you're not a feminist. He's absolutely right, I've personally been catcalled by creepy women, my first kiss as a kid was not a choice I was given and I would never suggest that those incidents are the same as being raped or sexually assaulted. I've known women that were sexually assaulted and each incident is different. Sexual assault and rape are serious crimes, but the aftermath varies a great deal depending on numerous factors. Trying to lump themall into the same category really only happens because we need a category when investigating and prosecuting a crime. The incidents themselves are quite varied. It's mostly the anti-man advocacy groups that silence those that didn't have acceptable abuse happen to them that get pushed out of the debate so that it doesn't hurt the cause. The ultimate result is the feelings of loneliness, isolation and damage that we should be trying to avoid encouraging. Sexual abuse is wrong, because forcing sexual intimacy on other people is wrong, not because of the actual effects. The effects are at most helpful in determining the punishment.
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