I have permanent injuries because my mother tried to kill me as a child. Twice. This post was downvoted, I was called a liar and told to show empathy, and then it was removed. I guess “respecting survivors” and “believing women” just doesn’t apply to me.

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[–]jet199 12 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Pretty much.

I recommend you watch the Disaffected podcast which covers this stuff quite well.

It's been found that across cultures people will tend to see women as the victims and men as the aggressor no matter the situation. People don't want to switch on their brains and deal with individual events and rather rely on generalisations.

[–]Vulptexghost fox girl ^w^ 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's also because women have 2398657958169786597862397861276439875263789153 times more biological value than men. It's a lot safer to accidentally punish an innocent man, but disposing of even the most guilty woman can risk decimating your population, so they tend to be let off the hook.

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's not what happens in practice in the Islamic world and India though.

On an individual level people have sympathy for women but in many places at a community level women are more often scapegoated for things which aren't their fault, like being raped or even just lusted over by the wrong person. Maybe because they are less likely to be able to stand up for themselves.

[–]RedEyedWarriorThe Evil Cishomo 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It explains why simps simp for younger women while they ignore older women, except for their wives.