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Yeah what a shocker that people consistently exercise caution when hearing reports of horrific things and don't simply grant women the privilege of absolute trust...
I hope your dick shrivels up and falls off
Unlikely but maybe.
What do women gain by being victims of rape?
The life of a rape victim
Wow you have no fucking clue what you're talking about if you think "the life of a rape victim" is a good thing. Fuck you.
I don't think that.
You think that's enough of a benefit to women that people shouldn't automatically believe when a woman says they've been raped?
Why is trust a privilege that women must earn before they are believed to be raped?
You redirected the question though. What can women get by claiming to be a victim of rape?
https://sh.itjust.works/post/67596050/27712334
I remember our recent conversation now where you asserted that it is in the nature of men to rape and it is harmful to ask men to stop raping others:
That is your mischaracterization, not my claim. You're a very disingenuous conversationalist, Velma.
Again, you're more than welcome to expand on any of these statements that you've put out on your own accord.
I made sure to link to the conversation for full context.
Why is trust a privilege that women must earn before rape claims are to be believed?
Because women are people and trust is a privilege everyone must earn before claims of significance are accepted as true.
What actions must women take in order to earn the right amount of trust from the public to be believed when they are raped?
I want to make sure I'm understanding you correctly.
Did you avoid this question on purpose?
Women don't get much beyond disbelief and ridicule when they come forward about being raped.
"Claiming" to have been. You again dropped that part. Do you know why?
A claim has neither a negative or positive connotation. Claiming something happened doesn't mean it's inherently untruthful just as claiming something happened doesn't mean it did.
If you are going to focus on one word here and ignore all the context around the rape culture in the US, by all means go for it. But I'm not going to be reading it.
You took my offer to clarify the "false accusations" part and used it as a means to pivot to the broader topic, in general. This is disingenuous and you seem to do that quite often, looking at your post history (something I normally wouldn't do, but since you decided to do so...) I offered to clarify around that claim, not whatever part of the topic you prefered.
You know exactly what you were getting at with those initial comments, don't play dumb.
Now you seem to be inventing motives necessary to support the incorrect assumptions you've made...
Doesn't sound like a gain to me.