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[deelaundry]

Did you hear this news story?

Four men lured a woman to a motel room under false pretenses and proceeded to tie her up. One of the men punched her in the face and poured glue on her genitalia as punishment for alleged sexual infidelity.





Oh, no wait, that was Four women lured a man, etc.

My own reaction to this story has weirded me out.

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[blackmare.livejournal.com]

Been thinking about this and I've concluded that my response is influenced by a number of things.

First of all, the (yes, probably wrong) idea that men are physically and mentally more capable of handling this sort of thing, with less trauma. This includes the fact that removing glue from male (external) genitalia has got to be a less painful and invasive process than removing it from the female anatomy, so the glue seems less horrible a fate.

Second, a man in this situation would, I think, have a reasonable expectation that he would live to tell the tale. A woman would have a reasonable expectation that she was about to die. Thus, the level of emotional trauma as I perceive it is very, VERY different.

And maybe I'm wrong about that, but. There it is.

ETA that what bugged me about it was the worry that I might have been amused because I don't feel that men deserve the same level of basic respect as women. I'm still not sure why I seem to feel that a male philanderer deserves worse punishment than a female one.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Your second point explains a lot for me. A lot. Because I wouldn't find four women holding a man at gunpoint amusing at all. Great insight - thank you!