We're talking about gender because the thread was titled "Being a girl on the internet." If you tell people "You need to prevent yourself from being a victim because crime happens," you're putting the onus to protect themselves on them. Again, I'm not saying frolic down a dark alley with a hat made of $100 bills, but, objectively speaking, if you look at areas where crime is accepted as "inevitable" the more inevitable the crime becomes. When you say "If you don't want nasty comments then don't put yourself on webcam" it's the same thing, though to a lesser degree, than saying "If you don't want to be assaulted then cover up with a berka."
They are not inevitable. You can take pro-active measures. I feel like we're meeting back at the start of the circle we've been going in. Let me use an example that will make this easier to understand for the both of us. We have laws. Laws are set in place to provide security and safety to civilians. Consequences are set in place as a deterrant to breaking these laws. Some people still break them anyway. It is inevitable that laws will always be broken. It isn't okay but It isn't wrong to expect this either. Why is it wrong to acknowledge this though, when we are talking about women? Why is the fight for gender and issue at all, when its humanity that people should be fighting for?
I'm not twisting your words; I'm drawing a parallel to a more extreme example. I accept that bad things happen, but once you accept that those bad things are inevitable those things become more acceptable within the culture. The more people say "This is just the way it is; it's your expectations that need to change," the worse the situation gets. Is that not obvious to you?
Because this is happening online, where there is no physical interaction and the safety of being behind a screen. Of course you should expect everyone to be held accountable for their actions, you shouldn't however, expect people to always be well mannered little angels. With expectations such as yours, you will always find yourself unsatisfied. The need for the doctrine of feminism is only going to make your expectations worse. You are also twisting my words. Telling you that you shouldn't expect teenagers to all be little angels does not = you should expect men to assault women.
Firstly, I think you're underestimating what percentage of people verbally assaulting others online are adults. Secondly, yes, I can expect them to behave. And, if they don't, I should be able to expect that they be held accountable by the proper authorities. I should expect their parents to raise them better and monitor them. How is telling me that I shouldn't expect teenagers to not verbally assault people any different than telling me that I shouldn't expect men to not touch pretty girls without permission?
The kind of teenagers that are making sexual comments towards women on the internet.
What teenagers? Just in general we can't expect teenagers not to be trout?
Yeah my point was that expecting a teenager to do what you say in many scenarios is not being realistic.
