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EnthusiasticNature94@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Also, somewhat off-topic, but since you mentioned sharing important explanations to others, I have some that have worked for me. Feel free to disregard if they’re not helpful for you.

What I personally found persuasive when speaking with men is citing the research that 87% of rapes are explained by repeat offenders, which is 3% of men. That means 5 out of 6 rapes are done by a very, very small portion of men.

And it might explain some of the disconnect. 95% of men didn’t rape anyone, so they might be genuinely confused at the strong reaction.

I also explain that rape causes the equivalent of $122,461 in damages to the victims. This is just what is quantifiable and measurable via econometrics - the subjective damage is obviously much higher (and I am personally seeking reparations for much higher than this based on my own calculations).

5% odds with a random man might not initially seem that bad to some until I explain that it’s equivalent to rolling a nat 1 in D&D. That and you are literally rolling a 1d20 for each men you encounter, so unless you only meet at most 19 men in your lifetime, you’re expected on average to roll a nat 1.

I don’t have the names of research papers memorized off the top of my head, but both of these are Google-able.

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