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    Here’s what bugs me about that video. Sure, in those 10 hours she was harassed, and the creepy dudes walking next to her were totally inappropriate. But here’s the big question: In those 10 hours, how many times wasn’t she harassed?

    The thing with videos like this is that they form broad generalizations without the other side of the story being told. What if this video only represents 10% of those 10 hours, and the other 90% is of people saying absolutely nothing? Wouldn’t that be worth recognizing? Wouldn’t it be worth pointing out that more people said nothing than harassed her? I’m not condoning harassment or trying to diminish it. But this video is going around and around and people are seeing it as some across-the-board “all men are like this” and “this happens to all women all the time” example, which is totally not true.

    You could take the video of her never being harassed in the same 10 hours, title it “Gentlemen of New York City” and use it to say that a woman can walk down the street and all men will never be rude to her.

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    • lol sure he was stabbed 20 times your honour, but what about the 5 minutes in between that I wasn't stabbing him?set
    • (i get your point though)set
    • Set this made me LOLzmg33
    • 10 hours is 600 minutes.
      That video is 2 minutes.
      So it's a 300:1 ratio of good guys :douches      BaskerviIle
    • But really there shouldn't be any douches. Imagine going through that every day!BaskerviIle
    • A ginger (male) friend of a friend came out with us the other night and he got abused all night, it was crazyset
    • the poor cunt must have to put up with it all the time. I was actually shocked at the amount of ginger abuse he gotset
    • Maybe I should have given him a breakset
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