There seems to be a lot of insanity and hysteria surrounding campus rape in the USA recently. In the Western world and beyond, there is also a much more widely propagated notion of rape culture, no doubt emanating from feminism. This reckless propaganda is not only an attack on men and male sexuality but damaging for society in general.
This feminist-fed rape culture propaganda doesn't protect and empower women as it suggests; it creates hysteria and paranoia, and perpetuates an already epidemic litigation and victim culture. Young men become too scared to develop normal relationships with women at the most important time of their sexual development. Young males are making the final transition from boy to man, away from their parents' prying eyes; their hormones are raging and they're surrounded by accessible young women, who are not, as feminists preach, innocent victims; they want it too because much the same goes for young women as for young men.
We need to stay out of their party life. Yes, we need to be responsible parents, teachers and guardians and warn them of the dangers, ask them to take precautions and look out for trouble, but let the kids party because these are the best years of their lives. Waking up with a hangover after a wild party of sex and drugs and rock n roll is a rite of passage; if a young woman regrets any of it, that's not a crime; it's just part of growing up.
The ever-broadening definition of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment is irresponsible, reckless and insane. We've reached a point now, and it's a very low point in our societal development, whereby a woman can accuse a man of rape and ruin his life on a whim. Men are guilty until proven innocent which is extremely unjust and unethical. It appears that the old radical feminist mantra of all men being rapists has finally come true by moving the parameters to such an extent that it's a catch-all; and that goes for sexual assault and sexual harassment too.
A woman regretting a sexual encounter has no moral case for accusations but tragically for society, she now has legal recourse. We live in dangerous times; not for women but for men. A man is now extremely wary of all interaction with women; he has already suffered the indignation of paedophile hysteria, which sees him as a sexual predatory threat to all children including his own, and now he's a threat to all women. So are they empowered?
No, women are not empowered by the gaping dragnets of draconian laws; they are unwitting victims. At least men are aware of the dangers though powerless to resist through fear of losing it all, such as career, family and liberty. Women are being conditioned to fear and distrust men; they are losing their ability to distinguish the genuine advances of a potential mate from potential danger. Women run the risk of either being lonely and frustrated through lack of male attention, and have far fewer opportunities to enjoy romance, courtship and the path to a permanent relationship.
Our civilisation is approaching something akin to moral totalitarianism whereby we are restricted to patterns of behaviour defined by the nanny state and its lobbyists, who include an unhealthy amount of leftist academics afflicted by the Ivory Tower Syndrome. Such moral authoritarianism will inevitably lead to feelings of oppression and thoughts of rebellion by the population at large; human sexuality is immensely powerful and suppressing it with social engineering will inevitably lead to serious problems.
I hope we are at the lowest point and there can be a revival of common sense. I look forward to seeing the social engineers hanged from their ivory towers along with their partners in crimes against humanity from the nanny state.
