What do you think public perception would be of two teenage girls who played with the genitals of an unconscious drunk guy?
In the local community, if the two girls were co-captains of the softball team, and the town was softball-mad in the way Steubenville is apparently football-mad (American football)?
Your claim is that society is more tolerant of non-consensual violence on males, so your claims are false if society is merely equally tolerant. (And society is too tolerant of all physically harmful pressure to non-consensually or semi-consensually risk physical harm—consider the enormous social pressure on athletes to “man up” and play through injury).
Regarding Slate magazine (the source I’ve been linking) - I was linking them only for the facts—I don’t expect you to agree with their analysis, and I don’t necessarily endorse the analysis in any particular. But the facts they report are facts.
Society is not equally tolerant. There are of course asshats no matter what, but you’re using the existence of some intolerance on both sides as “proof” that the level of intolerance is equal.
In the local community, if the two girls were co-captains of the softball team, and the town was softball-mad in the way Steubenville is apparently football-mad (American football)?
I expect the locals in that hypothetical would react essentially like the locals in Steubenville—laughing at the victim, sharing humiliating pictures on social media, pressuring the victim not to complain. If the local reaction made national news, I expect criminal charges would be brought. Would the judge in the case warn the defendants “to have discussions about how you talk to your friends; how you record things on the social media so prevalent today; and how you conduct yourself when drinking is put upon you by your friends”? Don’t know.
Your claim is that society is more tolerant of non-consensual violence on males, so your claims are false if society is merely equally tolerant. (And society is too tolerant of all physically harmful pressure to non-consensually or semi-consensually risk physical harm—consider the enormous social pressure on athletes to “man up” and play through injury).
Regarding Slate magazine (the source I’ve been linking) - I was linking them only for the facts—I don’t expect you to agree with their analysis, and I don’t necessarily endorse the analysis in any particular. But the facts they report are facts.
It might be relevant that there’s no enthusiasm for any female sport comparable to the enthusiasm for some male sports.
This doesn’t mean I think the enthusiasm for male sports is an unmitigated advantage for males.
Criminal charges would be limited to a misdemeanor in most jurisdictions within the US.
I’ve referenced some studies here: http://lesswrong.com/lw/fmv/lw_women_submissions_on_misogyny/8r7f
Society is not equally tolerant. There are of course asshats no matter what, but you’re using the existence of some intolerance on both sides as “proof” that the level of intolerance is equal.