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I believe rape alarmism harms men more than it helps women. CMV

I define rape alarmism as the feminist initiative to spread awareness of rape, through statistics, posters, and campaigns like "Don't Be That Guy". I believe that this initiative harms men more than it helps women because of these reasons:

1. Making everyone more aware of rape does not stop rapists. In fact, spreading around the fact that 33% of women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime can be viewed by some that rape is okay because it is so prevalent in our society. So instead of fighting rape culture, making everyone hyper-aware of rape in fact perpetuates the culture we are trying to fight.

2. Rape alarmism paints men as violent, horny monsters controlled by their penises, who will stop at nothing to have sex. When women see rape as a global pandemic, and are afraid that a rapist may be right around the corner, their view of men in general is affected. For example, some women get scared whenever a big, tough man gets visually angry, when in fact said man may be very nonviolent, just frustrated. When men are nice to women and do them favours, it is seen as the man is just doing it to have sex, when in fact the man may just be a nice person. Many people believe that single men can't have friends who are female, because he will be too preoccupied trying to have sex with her. These are all very real views of men that are perpetuated by rape alarmism.

3. Rape alarmism has existed for a long time, and has been used as anti-black propaganda during the reconstruction era of the USA. The goal was was to strike fear into white women by painting African American men as brutes. Now, the same thing is happening, but to all men, not just African Americans. Now, all men are seen as brutes, which is counter to the efforts feminists have made to break down gender roles.

4. Feminists' efforts should be focused on empowering women, not on rape awareness and telling men not to rape. Campaigns like "Don't Be That Guy" assume that without instruction, all men are inherently rapists, so the solution is telling them to stop. Having one's entire gender labeled off as potential rapists doesn't make a person of that gender more likely to support that campaign, and certainly wouldn't deter him if he actually *was* a rapist. The way that we will move away from rape culture is by empowering women; make society see women not as objects but as people who have the right to not be taken advantaged of, not by taking shots at men and shaming the entire gender because of the relatively small percentage who actually *are* rapists.

Because of all of this, feminists should stop focusing their efforts into rape awareness because the paranoia it creates harms men more than it helps women.
gpt
>Making everyone more aware of rape does not stop rapists.

Actually, it can. Tell me- do you think a woman is more or less likely to get in a stranger's vehicle and hitchhike now are before the "rape culture" became highly publicized? 

> In fact, spreading around the fact that 33% of women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime can be viewed by some that rape is okay because it is so prevalent in our society.

That's silly, frankly. That's like saying that because we know that many people decide to murder others every year, we're more likely to murder. Rape is a social taboo- a more, if you will- and making people more aware of the existence of people breaking the more won't increase its prevalence. 

>Rape alarmism paints men as violent, horny monsters controlled by their penises, who will stop at nothing to have sex. 

Rape alarmism may inspire this sentiment in some, but in many others it just makes for a greater sense of cynicism- not necessarily a good thing, but not necessarily sexist. 

>When men are nice to women and do them favours, it is seen as the man is just doing it to have sex, when in fact the man may just be a nice person. Many people believe that single men can't have friends who are female, because he will be too preoccupied trying to have sex with her. 

These have nothing to do with rape in cases where they happens, as is even indicated by your statement. They're an unrelated issue.

>Rape alarmism has existed for a long time, and has been used as anti-black propaganda during the reconstruction era of the USA. The goal was was to strike fear into white women by painting African American men as brutes. Now, the same thing is happening, but to all men, not just African Americans. Now, all men are seen as brutes, which is counter to the efforts feminists have made to break down gender roles.

It's different in that in most cases, informing people of rape stats and trying to get them to be aware of their surroundings and to be wary doesn't seem to be intended as anti-man propaganda in most cases. 

>Feminists' efforts should be focused on empowering women, not on rape awareness and telling men not to rape.

How does that help women who are being attacked because they didn't understand the possibility of a rape? That opens up a world of hurt for them.

>Campaigns like "Don't Be That Guy" assume that without instruction, all men are inherently rapists, so the solution is telling them to stop.

The real issue here is the incredibly real topic of a very real "rape culture." Raping unconscious people at parties, for example, is often seen as more of a party-foul than a egregious violation of trust and basic morality. Begging people to "not be that guy" is a criticism of the culture, not necessarily of men.