What statistics? You haven't presented a single data, and has only used anecdotal "evidence".
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Untrue. You were given some stats in post #45.
That is why I keep telling you that your progressive Muslim friends do not represent all Muslims in Europe..
I see a wide cross-section of French muslims in my work and in my everyday life, either born here or of Arab or black African origin. I see the range of women from those in jilbab to those in mini-skirts. I see the range of men from those who respect me as an equal to those who wonder why a woman can be doing my job (pretty similar to the range of non-muslim white men I see). The vast majority are reasonable, moderate people. I have never taken a few "progressive muslim friends" and claimed they repersent all muslims in Europe. I see the whole cross-section and I know that most muslims are not isolationist extremist rapists, just as most Christians aren't abortion clinic bombers and most Hindus don't go out murdering muslims. You want to judge all muslims by Cologne. That's a mistake.
You have still to tell us how long you lived in France to be such an expert on French society?
Also, you are still not able to admit it. Do some cultures have larger problem with rape, or is all cultures equal?..
Sexism manifests itself in different ways and rape is present in virtually all cultures. Sexism can range from the oppressive Saudi model of seeing women as property to the western model of seeing sexual "liberation" as little more than women being abused in extreme forms of porn. How frequently were black slaves in the US raped by the slave owners? Would you suggest that that is either cultural or genetic or both, and hence, all white American males have a problem with rape? I am simply not into defining an entire group of people by the actions of some. I detest the way traditional Islam views women - the average muslim you come across in France doesn't think that way. I detest the way Christianity traditionally views women. The average Christian you meet in France is not a raving mysoginist; and I won't judge all Christians by the actions of the few or by their religion which has traditionally second-rated women. Don't you see how
narrow your view of this is?
And your original point makes no sense. Before the migration crisis the right demanded longer punishments for rapists, and worse prisons, while progressives said we must understand the rapists.
We must both severely punish rapists
and try to understand them otherwise how do we stop recidivism? Purely punitive measures alone don't work. Punishment must remain harsh, but we must try to understand the rapist's mind and work on it.
The right were often victim blaming raped women. You ask for it if you've had a drink or were dressed "provocatively" whatever that's meant to mean. It was often thanks to right wing governments and judges that women found it hard to prosecute for rape in the first place. Most countries have got better at handling rape victims from the police to the judiciary to the government, but it hasn't ben any gift from the right wing.
The right has daughters and wives.
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So do many muslim men.
The idea that they do not care about sexual assault, is moronic.
Many of your conservative friends see women as "good girls" (their wives and daughters) and "bad girls" (the rest of us). I've had this argument many times on here if you care to troll the archives - conservative men who'll drool over centrefolds but heaven forbid their little girl did that, as if the centrefold isn't
somebody's daughter. Women are continually being told by the right to modify their behavious - don't go out at night, don't drink, don't wear too much make up or dress scantily even in a summer heatwave, rather than simply telling men not to rape. For years the right saw rape as a loony leftist feminist issue, most of them were asking for it or making it up anyway. And now because of Cologne and you want to make an example of muslim men, suddenly sexism is your number one isuue. Un-f***ing believable.