I see no comments acknowledging or even a vague awareness of what the Grape Academy is. It's important to the comment.
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Do people not actually know about it or are they intentionally ignoring it?
Could someone explain to me? Wtf is a (presumably grape is a euphemism) rape academy?? Is there an "art" to it?
This is just the Bayesian approach; overall men have high enough tendancy for aggression and sexual assault that from a risk analysis point it makes sense to be on your guard until you get to know that person better. Of course media has a bias for presenting the awful stuff that happens in the world, one would rarely get coverage of a heart warming relationship between two people involving atleast one man. So these priors despite being in the correct direction might be biased too.
But I think, neither the shark anology or the expression "all man are dangerous" is useful for getting this point across though.
You can't ignore the numbers. Can't justify blanket statements or judgment based on them. Sounds like a case for nuance. Maybe judge any case separately without looking for oversimplification.
People are a bunch of bastards. Embrace nature and live like a hermit.
Then the husband winked at one of the other women to make sure she understood the implied threat.
Rewind: I'm in my 20s, well maybe also early 30s. The girls I know all tell me I'm not fit for dating because "you're just not exciting and dangerous!"
Oh, the completely unrealized irony.
I've literally never heard a woman say they want a dangerous man.. except in discussions like this
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So the husband’s way of putting it was more precise while the implied blanket statement the wife made is inaccurate.
Makes sense someone in the maligned group would raise a question about it.