Comments on: Schrödinger’s Rapist: or a guy’s guide to approaching strange women without being maced

By: Lena

Lena — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 08:47:11 +0000

Interesting hypothesis. And to the people saying, it is the same thing like assuming every black young male is a mugger- no. Absolutely no.
As far as I know, women are generally not raped by women (I’ve heard of small girls being sexually abused by women, but never of adult women being raped by strange woman). So for adult women, every rapist is a man. Not every man is a rapist, but every rapist is a man.
Muggers however, aren’t always black young men. Neither is every black young man a mugger nor is every mugger a black young man, so that is a big difference to the Schrödingers rapist. In fact, if I am alone in the dark, I will assume that every man is a potential mugger, just as I will assume that every male is a potential rapist, no matter if they are black or white. And if I am in a crowded situation I will assume that every person is a potential pickpocket and guard my bag carefully.

By: dcunited08

dcunited08 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:45:11 +0000

I think it is interesting that, by most accounts, when women traveled the ‘Wild West’ they were to be protected but today women will be groped on the subway with little recourse.

@Gian: I used to be work in the IT Security field and one way to understand the risk is to measure the likelihood, the harm, and the cost of prevention. In this aspect, the risk is 1/3 to 1/6, the harm is loss of dignity or even death, and the cost of prevention is avoiding strange men and being alert of your surroundings. Sounds like a huge benefit compared to the cost.

By: Russ

Russ — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:39:09 +0000

@Ricky: let’s hope it is the former!

@Jen: interesting point, but when have we ever used “wisdom and patience”

@Gian: completely agree – not worth the potential risk

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By: Gian

Gian — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:52:12 +0000

The reason why any female will view any male as a potential rapist is simply because the consequences are so high. If you make the mistake of trusting someone it usually doesn’t come with such a terrible consequence. And although the statistics may appear low, every woman knows that rapes don’t get reported. As many as one in three women will be raped in their lifetime. The opportunity cost (not getting to know a nice man like Russ) is worth the protection afforded by being wary (not getting raped).

By: jen

jen — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:43:01 +0000

It seems interesting that the generalisation of “men are rapists” because of those that are, is just the same as the generalisation that people who say they love Christ and act in a sexually explicit manner condemn all those who love Christ and don’t.

The boundaries we continue to push in what is acceptable behavior as a society, I believe is the driving force in the decline of trust and mutual respect for our fellow citizens, and general distrust of the opposite sex.

If people use wisdom and patience, I am hoping we won’t all be doomed.

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