From a post on the blog Omega Virgin Revolt:
Most women have never accused me of sexual harassment. While a good number have generally speaking it’s an incredibly tiny fraction of the female population that has.
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Most women have never had sex with me. In fact, I've only had sex with 0.000000001% of the female population of the planet! So if we're rounding, I'm still a virgin.
If anyone has accused you of sexual harassment, it is generally a good heuristic to assume you're doing something wrong. If it was unintentional, perhaps you should find a neutral and more socially adept friend and inquire what behaviors seem creepy, then stop doing that.
I think it's relatively easy for someone to avoid sexually harassing "some women" by simply understanding that there are certain places (like work or passerby on the streets) or when visiting a person's work (such as going to a bar and hitting on the bartender) that you avoid topics relating to sex, romance, and flirtation. Not leering also helps.
I'd think these would be easy rules to follow in order to become the guy who can safely say he's never sexually harassed ANY women instead of just "most".
I'm pretty sure someone could compile an easy-to-follow list of things women might find to be sexual harassment, such as "leering at her boobs" or "screaming obscenities on the street" or even "quietly saying 'mmmmm' as she walks past".
Yet, certain kinds of men seem shocked when those things are offensive to women.
Yet, certain kinds of men seem shocked when those things are offensive to women.
Given that patriarchal men want to deny womens' personhood, I imagine it's akin to a "You can talk!" moment when your dog suddenly explains to you that he needs your help saving the world.
To be fair, we don't know what conclusions this poor man is drawing from his...
"It’s easy to say that all the women who have accused me of sexual harassment are psychos."
Crap. I have to admit, it is easy... -_-
If this guy's story were true and there were women who were talking about him losing his job because he was a "single man," then those women are idiots. Ignore them.
Focus instead on why "a good number" of women have accused you of sexual harassment. I guarantee that somebody will be posting "Why are you guys focusing on what HE did wrong? Didn't it occur to you that it could be his accusers?"
If it were the case that one woman were accusing him of harassment, and every other woman in the office agreed with her despite every piece of evidence to the contrary, he would have a right to complain. As it stands, "a good number" of women have complained, therefore chances are good that he is harrassing his coworkers, perhaps without realizing it.
It's a notably rare exception!
(With notably rare exceptions, I'm confident that everyone who reads this blog will find that Crooked Timber thread to be hilarious. So go read it if you haven't already seen it.)
Under that standard, BP has a really great environmental record, and Pinochet has a sterling history on human rights. Strangely, the fact that you've managed to do fewer shitty things than not-shitty things doesn't mean you're not shitty.
As to his assertion that the women who have accused him are "psychos"--well, obviously it's difficult to come to any kind of reasonable conclusion about what happened when he's given us so little information. But I have to say I'm not totally convinced that a guy who writes a blog called Omega Virgin Revolt wouldn't sexually harass women at work. In fact, if I had to guess what a guy who thinks of himself as an Omega Virgin does when he's around women, sexual harassment would probably crack the top ten.
Under that standard, BP has a really great environmental record,
Actually, that is exactly the rationale Transocean used when giving its top executives unprecedented bonuses recently.
Innumeracy was written decades ago, but I bet the author never thought it would get this bad, while the normal populace still managed to muster the dull wit to put their shoes on the correct feet.
Generally if you have more then one or two people saying you are doing something wrong, you probably are doing something wrong.
Most people have never accused me of attempted murder. While a good number have generally speaking it’s an incredibly tiny fraction of the population that has.
I just thought I'd mention that.
@Elizabeth
With notably rare exceptions, for example, if both Discount and Eoghan tell you you're wrong about feminism.
Well, at least he is starting to get that approx. three and a half billion people do not all act the same way simply because he has observed a few members of that "group" act in such a way. After so much exposure to MRAs, that feels like progress.
*snickers* Yep Amnesia.
Geez, I read his entire post and it was awful. He called the women "false accusers" and then felt hurt that other women didn't take his side. It might be because a good number have accused him. I know I would take the word of several women over the word of a weird guy that makes a blog called "Omega Virgin Revolt", which dedicates itself to hating women.
And not a single one of his commenters has thought to wonder why "a good number" of women have accused him of sexual harassment.
Not just one. "A good number."
At the risk of stating the obvious - you're doing something wrong boyo.
The mind boggles.
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