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To: achilles2000
I agree with much of what you say, except for the part about sexual harassment. I do think that should be illegal (at least as a civil matter which it is).

Working in the corporate world for 20 years I've witnessed too many bosses using their influence to "engage" with subordinates.

However, Oddly enough, the women I have witnessed being actually sexually harassed rarely made a complaint but the ones who were NOT actually harassed did. The complainers filed against items like this: a very mild joke told within their earshot... and another case of a man talking romantic to his wife on the phone... the complaint got him fired). I know for a fact these two cases were done for a political/job benefit reason.

Sexual harassment charges are ABSOLUTELY used as a weapon in workplace politics. The lady who made a complaint about the guy who was talking to his wife (and whispering too), was about to get laid off. She was looking for some kind of leverage and found it.

That's been my whole point about all this, people will abuse the law. and laws that make it too easy to file charges that are nearly impossible to prove (but don't really have to be to destroy a person) or to defend against need to be looked at very closely. Violent assault charges against a spouse who physically forces sex, YES. Rape charges against a spouse who may have not heard a "no" or didn't perceive the "I'm tired" as meaning no... is absurd.... or just used to garner benefit in divorce... HELL NO.

The bar is very low for rape charges now days. Little proof needed, no actual resistance required... after wards regret deemed valid... and so forth. It has gotten out of hand. I've seen studies that show that 50% of rape charges are false. Yes, the charges may not stick if one has a smart jury, but too late for the man who will likely lose his job and receive public scorn.

You want to see the end of marriage.... yeah.. this is a good way to do that.
54 posted on 10/16/2010 9:36:13 PM PDT by StolarStorm
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To: StolarStorm

Yes, the end of marriage and the Judeo-Christian family has always been the goal of the modern feminist movement, which has its roots in the hard left. One of Mao’s most vigorously pursued “social reform” campaigns after he took power was to undermine paternal authority and the family.

Catherine McKinnon, a now somewhat forgotten “academic feminist”, urged that sex be considered “rape” if the female had regrets later on. McKinnon, however, was anathematized by lesbian feminists like Andrea Dworkin when McKinnon, quite unexpectedly, got married.

If young women wonder why young men are reluctant to “commit” to marriage today, they need to consider what their helpful feminists have done for them.


58 posted on 10/17/2010 7:28:56 AM PDT by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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