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MTR 2.0 asked in Social ScienceGender Studies · 7 years ago

Should all men feel ashamed?

Some men are rapist.

And most rapist are men.

Ergo...all men should feel ashamed?

Also...if all men feel ashamed about rape, will that be an effective compensation for the victims of rape?

Will it heal them?

Will it restore their faith in mankind?

In humanity?

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  • 7 years ago
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    Um.. no... rapists should feel ashamed.. That's the only ones who should feel ashamed.. regardless of gender..

    As for your last few questions.. even though it looks like you're being a troll.

    no. It wouldn't. People like to pretend that "justice will help healing", but in most cases it doesn't, at least not in my experience. Healing happens over time, and with the right type of support (and the right type is different for everyone).

  • ?
    Lv 6
    7 years ago

    Why would a man who respects women and has never violated or done a wrong to a woman feel ashamed?

    Also, I don't think women want men to feel "ashamed" (as compensation), that doesn't really solve anything. I would think they'd rather see rape victim numbers go down through educating young men and women on these things..

    I don't agree with any of your logic, sorry.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    It's not about being a man - it's about being a sexist man who promotes rape by his sexist behaviour. Men should ONLY feel ashamed if they do these things:

    · blaming the victim (“She asked for it!”)

    · Trivializing sexual assault (“Boys will be boys!”)

    · Sexually explicit jokes

    · Tolerance of sexual harassment

    · Inflating false rape report statistics

    · Publicly scrutinizing a victim’s dress, mental state, motives, and history

    · Gratuitous gendered violence in movies and television

    · Defining “manhood” as dominant and sexually aggressive

    · Defining “womanhood” as submissive and sexually passive

    · Pressure on men to “score”

    · Pressure on women to not appear “cold”

    · Assuming only promiscuous women get raped

    · Assuming that men don’t get raped or that only “weak” men get raped

    · Refusing to take rape accusations seriously

    · Teaching women to avoid getting raped instead of teaching men not to rape

    And I see these things done every single day here and all of these hurt real women and promote rape.

    I was blocked from answering that last question which all the men put down and trashed and all but one young naive unworldly woman didn't - it shows the great divide and how absolutely little compassion or understanding men have of rape and how they promote it by their ignorance and sexism.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    7 years ago

    Only a man who commits rape should feel ashamed.

    But there are factors that can contribute to a rape especially gang rape, like encouraging, or not saying anything if you saw something happen.

    I can't speak for women who have been raped I have no idea what that is like.

    I think if you stay away from those behaviors you don't owe me anything as a male.

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    7 years ago

    I am proud that men commit rapes..

    Its not like women are all good.

    They commit many many crimes too..

    So should all women feel ashamed? If not..then why should men feel ashamed?

    Women are also evil..get it in your head..

  • 7 years ago

    If all men felt ashamed it would contribute to possibly a lower percentage of rape by men.

    They think because they're not the rapists they ultimately shouldn't care, not their problem but when its mostly men factually committing more rape then women(not saying women don't.) They should feel ashamed in their fellow male counterparts.

    I feel ashamed in my stupid female gender sometimes, it happens. I try to help them and provide insight because I feel so ashamed in them.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    NO !

    my masculinity is to precous to waste it :)

  • Kiki
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    No... it seems you are wildly misinterpreting the Gentleman's guide to rape culture. You don't need to feel shame, for being male. You need to be aware of how being male might make you threatening to women who don't know you, or women who didn't hear you walking up from behind them, in a dark parking lot... It's called not being a total prick.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    7 years ago

    No one is saying that

  • 7 years ago

    Yes, because how much effort does it take to not commit a thought or crime.

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