Re:Motherhood in the Age of Fear
by AnthonyMouse on Saturday July 28, 2018 @12:40AM
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That's assuming the behavior is rooted in rationality, when the whole issue is that it isn't.
Joe Random was never actually going to hurt your kids.
Re:Motherhood in the Age of Fear
by jessaustin on Saturday July 28, 2018 @12:52AM
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Well sure, but it isn't just parents preventing the tutoring described above. What man wants to open himself up to that craziness?
Re:Motherhood in the Age of Fear
by AnthonyMouse on Saturday July 28, 2018 @01:02AM
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But that's just the same thing. We don't even need to debate what percentage of allegations are false. The percentage of men accused of sexual misconduct, falsely or otherwise, is low.
It's like school shootings. You hear about them because they're outrageous, not because you're ever likely to experience one.
And if someone is willing to lie about what happened when you were alone together, what stops them lying about the fact that you were alone together to begin with?
This may change with the rise of ubiquitous surveillance. In fact if I'm alone with a teenage girl to whom I'm unrelated for more than a few minutes, I'll be much more comfortable if there is a recording. This may also change as deepfakes become more common...