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Yeah only like 1/3. I also said "many". Not "all".
It's still a very high risk number.
The good men out there should be just as outraged as women about the shit ones making women scared of men.
It harms them too.
It definitely isn't anywhere near 1/3
Also "good" men can't control what other people do.
About 30% of men report sexual assault against women. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2021-33505-001
23% of men are pedophiles https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8848059/
When college male students were surveyed. 1 in 9 committed sexual aggression within the previous year. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10790632211051682 That's just in a 1 year time. For boys.
Although you often see "1 in 5 women will be sexually assaulted". The truth is it's nearly 100%. Sexual assault is largely under reported.
Every single woman I know has a bad story that technically fits the criteria for sexual assault.
Also. Most men/boys who are assaulted, are also assaulted by men.
Men who get mad at these statistics somehow blame women for saying "all men are predators" or "most men".
Yeah .well actually it is a very large chunk. 30% admit to sexually assaulting a woman. there are also other sexual predator acts and behaviors like stalking. Coercion. Manipulation. Drugging.
Getting on telegram and asking how to drug your gf.
Or drugging your wife and letting a bunch of men have unprotected sex with her.
And I agree you can't control what other men do.
But when so many men see this shit going on and say nothing. Do nothing. when they could stop it,... Well. You see why women don't trust most men.
If you would stand by and let it happen and not say anything, you are part of the problem. Men know other men won't hold them accountable.
And no one (law enforcement) listens to women who come forward.
Without other men holding men accountable, nothing will change. And we know it.
Regardless if you are a woman or not. These statistics should anger you. You should be infuriated that this is how many men conduct themselves.
Hold your own group accountable. I hold women accountable for their crimes against others. They don't get a pass because we are in the same group.
You are wrong as 1/3 of college age men will admit to SA. Those are just the ones willing to admit it. There is a reason every women I have ever had the privilege to talk to about this reality has been SA including my wife, my mother, and my daughters.