Comments on: Women in Elevators and Black Guys Sneaking Up Behind You

By: VMF

VMF — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:15:51 +0000

Why do you state “I pointed out that getting mad at me for that post increased in my mind the chance that you are likely to be abusive to women.”? You’re just saying “hey guys im judgmental”. I suppose you’re confident enough to argue to your own expertise on the subject.

Equating the general male to a dog is not fair. Neither is forcing the rest of the world to adopt a new posture when/if you feel scared. As a male I am sometimes afraid of other males. I doubt this is anymore than a correct response to environmental situations.

By: F

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:56:50 +0000

Aye, I don’t believe I read that earlier post either. I didn’t feel uncomfortable personally because I think everything you said was bang-on. I do feel very uncomfortable whenever the ideas of rape and what women experience negatively simply because they are women cross my mind. Which is probably too frequently, in combination with other such concerns, for my mental health. Yet these things I would not put out of my mind even if I could.

Crossing the street – I didn’t know other people did that. I did it for quite a while before I even really examined why I did it. Being so biased, I approve and promote your idea (for use in appropriate contexts as you have noted).

You lost friends over that post? Wow. I would figure that the only sort that rather mild post would offend would be those who purposely shoulder others who are “in their way” while walking. Yeesh.

And the Crommunist – yeah, excellent post there.

By: Alecthar

Alecthar — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:07:23 +0000

I didn’t get a shot at reading that the first time around, good stuff.

The street-crossing thing in particular was interesting. Where I come from, sidewalks mainly exist for you to be able to walk to the other stores in the strip mall, so the issue hadn’t really come up for me, but as I become better travelled, I’ll definitely keep that in mind.