This #allrapesmatter movement is like BLM to some extent.
[QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;49571468]at what point has anyone downplayed rape by germans?[/QUOTE]
Did you watch OP's video? because a huge central point of his is how Feminists are wrong to talk about rape in Germany by germans and instead need to be talking about rape by migrants.
I also think omission is rather comission. I just find it interesting that a great deal of the people that are incredibly concerned about rape by migrants downplay the existence of rape culture in germany. There is no forced choice here, we can and should be concerned by rape by migrants, but we should absolutely also be concerned by rape by Germans.
[editline]20th January 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=Jordax;49571482]Maybe because those women in Islamic countries would get abused even more, disfigured or would even be murdered for upsetting her family's honor if they would complain or report to the authorities? Or the fact that countries like Saudi Arabia sentences women to death for being raped?
How delusional can you get to claim that the differences aren't that big?[/QUOTE]
Yes, treatment of women in Saudi Arabia is horrible. Acting as if Western Europe in its current manifestation is the Edenic scene in terms of how we can and should handle rape is a type of naivete that says a lot about that person's own individual xenophobic biases.
[QUOTE=Flameon;49571797]Did you watch OP's video? because a huge central point of his is how Feminists are wrong to talk about rape in Germany by germans and instead need to be talking about rape by migrants.[/QUOTE]
The point was more that the Feminists were focusing on rapes by German men to avoid talking about rapes by migrants i.e. they were downlaying the importance of rapes by migrants.
[QUOTE=Flameon;49571797]Did you watch OP's video? because a huge central point of his is how Feminists are wrong to talk about rape in Germany by germans and instead need to be talking about rape by migrants.
I also think omission is rather comission. I just find it interesting that a great deal of the people that are incredibly concerned about rape by migrants downplay the existence of rape culture in germany. There is no forced choice here, we can and should be concerned by rape by migrants, but we should absolutely also be concerned by rape by Germans.
[editline]20th January 2016[/editline]
Yes, treatment of women in Saudi Arabia is horrible. Acting as if Western Europe in its current manifestation is the Edenic scene in terms of how we can and should handle rape is a type of naivete that says a lot about that person's own individual xenophobic biases.[/QUOTE]
I think you watched the wrong video. The video is about how feminists are wrong NOT to talk about rape of Germans by migrants when they wont shut up about rape culture in the west. No one said German rapists don't exist, but when compared to situation in Muslim countries, there is no rape culture in the West.
Also stop trying to sound so sophisticated, I can see right through it.
[editline]20th January 2016[/editline]
You are literally the type of person the video was about.
This video is spot on. The day after we read about cologne and the rest of Europe in our newspapers both the mainstream media and the culture-elite in Sweden went crazy. Pretty much every major newspaper had a large article on why the backgrounds of these people isn't relevant and metro even printed a comedy strip over the entire front page that made fun of everyone who thinks it is.
What really stood out to me was that every single article was a variation of one stupid easy to see through irrelevant argument: "In 98% of all rapes the perpetrator is male, therefore rape is a male problem and not a cultural problem."
If the background and culture of the perpetrators isn't important, then what harm would it do anyone to supply us with relevant statistics of how many percent of the perpetrators that are refugees or immigrants from certain cultures?The only way to see if it truly is irrelevant is to look at how many percent of our citizens that are first generation immigrants/refugees from these countries and then look at if these people are over represented in rape and sexual assault cases.
This is where the feminists and everyone else for that matter needs to speak out.
It's important that we find the main roots of the problem so that we can take accurate actions to prevent this kind of stuff from happening in the future. I'm not even sure if culture is that relevant, all I want is data so that I can see for myself and both I and the rest of the Swedish people deserves that.
[QUOTE=Killuah;49570331]Probably because within the first minutes it's already "the issues are cultural" when in reality this phenomenon was created as political tool in Egypt and rapidly moved to the other Arab Spring states[/QUOTE]
"TaHarrush" is just an easy way to describe mass sexual assaults/groping by a large group of men in an organized fashion. That it was "created as a political tool in Egypt", while not likely entirely true on it's own, is irrelevant anyway.
[QUOTE=Killuah;49570331]and the center of the trouble is an area of Cologne that is full of long-term immigrants that are here illegaly but can't be sent back because their home countries don't take them back and aren't allowed to work.[/QUOTE]
And this excuses roving rape gangs how exactly?
[QUOTE=Killuah;49570331]Then of course there is the Cherry picking that starts with the very first "example" and the ridiculous thumbnail.[/QUOTE]
What's ridiculous about it? The usual suspects that make a living off perpetuating this idea that Western first world nations are inundated with a rape culture either haven't said anything or directly blamed the problems on the victims after they were faced with a very real rape culture.
[QUOTE=Killuah;49570331]Then there is this dudes Twitter [url]https://twitter.com/BrentJCCherry[/url] with gems like
Or the other stuff.
Look at this guy.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/dqfVDRb.png[/img]
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What about him?
[QUOTE=Killuah;49570331]Or maybe it's because he uses examples that have been long disproven like the whole "Ms. Merkel invited me" thing and so on, including that there is no connection in any way of arrested people to the mob yet.[/QUOTE]
Source?
[QUOTE=Killuah;49570331]
Ok he arrived at "conspiracy of silence".
I'm out.[/QUOTE]
Are you out because he completely proves this is the case with research and empirical evidence and you find it uncomfortable to know that your government and media is engaging in a cover-up about your citizens being predated upon by roving rape gangs?
[QUOTE=Buck.;49572407]I think you watched the wrong video. The video is about how feminists are wrong NOT to talk about rape of Germans by migrants when they wont shut up about rape culture in the west. [U][B]No one said German rapists don't exist, but when compared to situation in Muslim countries, there is no rape culture in the West.[/B][/U]
Also stop trying to sound so sophisticated, I can see right through it.
[editline]20th January 2016[/editline]
You are literally the type of person the video was about.[/QUOTE]
1.) The kind of nuanced perspective you want (to be critical of both Western rape culture and also rape culture is Islamic states) is not even close in your video. And if this is the perspective you believe in, I reccomend looking elsewhere for people who support your position (such as this: [url]http://inthesetimes.com/article/18605/breaking-the-taboos-in-the-wake-of-paris-attacks-the-left-must-embrace-its[/url] or this when he responds to his critics [url]http://inthesetimes.com/article/18722/Slavoj-Zizek-on-Syria-refugees-Eurocentrism-Western-Values-Lacan-Islam[/url]) A treat if you can handle psychoanalysis, here is when he even talks about the Cologne attacks [url]http://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/2016/01/slavoj-zizek-cologne-attacks[/url]
2.) Compared with Muslim countries there is no rape culture in the west? This is absolutely hilarious when it follows "no one said German rapists don't exist." What do you think the message we should take from your sentence is? "Hey, yes there are rapists .... but its HARDLY A PROBLEM when we compare it with the rapists elsewhere!" This is, by the way, exactly what gets feminists furious because instead of letting the rape by migrants contribute to a discussion about how to end rape culture in Western nations, all of the West's horrible sexist attitudes are exported onto the migrant who comes to be seen as this kind of malignant tumor to western society. Cut it off and the rape problem is solved right? No. Not even close.
3.) Wrong video? No I think I saw the same video as you, and I think I went a step further and checked out the articles he blasts. Maybe instead of reading these posts as white women tearfully arguing in favor of their oppression because they want to "check their privlege" you should see it as a group of activists who care about a variety of issues (including the treatment of migrants) desperately trying to prevent their concern for women's safety be weaponized not to reduce rape or sexual assault in Germany, but to fan the flames for xenophobia.
What feminists want: the Cologne attacks to be condemned and brought into the larger discussion of rape culture in the West. More reforms, more safety for women etc.
What the right wants: the Cologne attacks to be condemned and brought into the larger discussion of justifying xenophobia.
[QUOTE=Jordax;49571415]That is the first time I've heard that Germany had a high rape rate before this migrant crisis, so I'd like to see some sources on that. Preferably with the ethnicy of said criminals.
And again, there hasn't been any mass rape epidemic like Cologne in Germany in over seven decades now. People are rightfully angry that the current governments let stuff like this happen.[/QUOTE]
What mass rape epidemic?
[editline]21st January 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=Buck.;49572407]I think you watched the wrong video. The video is about how feminists are wrong NOT to talk about rape of Germans by migrants when they wont shut up about rape culture in the west. No one said German rapists don't exist, but when compared to situation in Muslim countries, there is no rape culture in the West.
Also stop trying to sound so sophisticated, I can see right through it.
[editline]20th January 2016[/editline]
You are literally the type of person the video was about.[/QUOTE]
Ok but in that case it's just fair for him to post his view on it??????
[editline]21st January 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=SpartanApples;49571865]The point was more that the Feminists were focusing on rapes by German men to avoid talking about rapes by migrants i.e. they were downlaying the importance of rapes by migrants.[/QUOTE]
No the point is that before the Cologne incident noone gave a shit about rape/view of women in public but now that some "foreigners" did it it's suddenly an "epidemic" and the most important shit in the world.
Or in other words instrumentalized to push the anti-refugee agenda.
Noone is denying the incident or any problems at all.
It's just that it needs to be put in perspective.
When the German police raids a "left extremist" house in Berlin with 500 policemen and 2 helicopters just to seize a basket full of stones, a fire extinguisher and 2 tons of heating coal but at the same time complains about not having enough people there's questions to be asked.
[QUOTE=Killuah;49576168]
No the point is that before the Cologne incident noone gave a shit about rape/view of women in public but now that some "foreigners" did it it's suddenly an "epidemic" and the most important shit in the world.[/QUOTE]
Yes, you are absolutely right. Nobody, not me, not the person you are quoting, not the guy in OP's video, no one who has commented on this situatoin gave a shit about rape or "view of women in public" whatever the hell that means.
Do you realize how insane it is to say that? I mean obviously you have no proof of it, it's just your feelings towards people that haven't been quantified whatsoever, but fuck it lets just make sweeping generalizations about what people think.
[QUOTE=Killuah;49576168]Or in other words instrumentalized to push the anti-refugee agenda.
Noone is denying the incident or any problems at all.
It's just that it needs to be put in perspective.[/QUOTE]
Who is pushing an anti-refugee agenda? Not Sargon. He outright stated that Europe shouldn't stop accepting refugees because the majority of them are good, honest people just trying to escape the horror of war. He has said this in almost every video about the refugee crisis. Are there some people using it to push their anti-refugee, anti-muslim agenda? Sure, maybe, but who gives a fuck what they think?
While not outright denial, your government and media has been involved in obfuscating the truth. It doesn't concern you at all that there have been more than one police officers saying they have been told not to pursue certain crimes or suspects sheerly on the basis that it might not be politically correct? That public safety is being compromised not to hurt peoples feelings? Is this really the progressive position now?
[QUOTE=Killuah;49576168]When the German police raids a "left extremist" house in Berlin with 500 policemen and 2 helicopters just to seize a basket full of stones, a fire extinguisher and 2 tons of heating coal but at the same time complains about not having enough people there's questions to be asked.[/QUOTE]
These are completely different situations in different parts of your country and I don't quite see the relevance. What questions should be asked?
[QUOTE=Killuah;49576168]No the point is that before the Cologne incident noone gave a shit about rape/view of women in public[/QUOTE]
Are we living in the same western world? Our society cares deeply about how women are treated, giving them preferential treatment even.
Also, being a rapist seen is a terrible thing in the west and our definition of rape includes stuff like marital rape, etc.
Nobody of the people who are suddenly so shocked by the NYE incidents wrote anything about making laws against sexualized violence more strict or increasing victim care and protection.
The only ones who did where feminist movements ho by the way are now also the ones who are saying that people shouldn't concentrate on refugees for that matter but the whole picture.
Nobody complained about the police being not present despite the fact that police officials are warning of issues from being underfunden for a long time now.
[editline]22nd January 2016[/editline]
Nobody is asking for facts.
People still talk about the 1000 man rape squad.
Fact is the official count is ~400.
Still worse enough but it shows that people aren't willing to look into it any deeper after the inital shock.
The quarter this happened in has been known to be a quarter full of illegal immigrants or immigrants in bureaucracy hell who can't go back but also aren't allowed to work and thus are turning to crime.
Nobody is talking about that.
8th of January all of them were Asylum seekers.
9th of January 18 of 31.
Nobody is asking for facts or a leveled discussion.
Right wing parties are screaming for a limit to how many refugees we take, none of them is even reacting to the question about what happens when that limit is reached.
Nobody was offended when in 2014 the newest "guides for a safe Oktoberfest for women" was in most mainstream media.
It's instrumentalized as hell.
[QUOTE=Killuah;49583181]Nobody of the people who are suddenly so shocked by the NYE incidents wrote anything about making laws against sexualized violence more strict or increasing victim care and protection.[/QUOTE]
This makes no sense. What does making laws against sexualized violence has to do with stuff that is already criminalized and has been committed with no relation whatsoever to the cultural/social situation in Germany and among Germans? Are you saying that those poor souls came into Germany and became corrupted by the European rape culture?
And you're going pretty far with generalizations, can you by chance back those up? That nobody of those who complain about NYE (and other) incidents ever complained about lack laws against violence and victim care?
[QUOTE=Killuah;49583181]
The quarter this happened in has been known to be a quarter full of illegal immigrants or immigrants in bureaucracy hell who can't go back but also aren't allowed to work and thus are turning to crime.
Nobody is talking about that.
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"Man, I've got no job, nothing to do, my life sucks so much. Hey, I know, I'll go rape someone and get me a handful of tits here and there, that ought to cheer me up". Excuse like that sort of could fly if we were discussing theft and burglary, but we're not.
[QUOTE=gudman;49583208]This makes no sense. What does making laws against sexualized violence has to do with stuff that is already criminalized and has been committed with no relation whatsoever to the cultural/social situation in Germany and among Germans? [/QUOTE]
I don't know but people are suddenly demanding harsher punishment for whatever reason.
I wish I could understand it.
Well I can, it looks like an easy solution and the next elections are close.
[editline]22nd January 2016[/editline]
[quote]"Man, I've got no job, nothing to do, my life sucks so much. Hey, I know, I'll go rape someone and get me a handful of tits here and there, that ought to cheer me up". Excuse like that sort of could fly if we were discussing theft and burglary, but we're not.[/QUOTE]
But it goes together. People were burgled on NYE too.
In fact a lot of the initial reports to the police were because of burglary.
The quarter this happened in is known to be problematic and it's a fact that a lot of the refugees who are stuck in bureaucracy hell here turned to people who at least spoke their language and in Cologne that's the Maghreb quarter.
Sociologists and even the German Islam Council is reporting that many of the problematic people have been in "refugee-hell" for a long time.
8 years for some.
[url]http://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/nach-koeln-und-aerger-im-maghreb-viertel-von-scheitern-zu-scheitern-warum-manche-nordafrikaner-zu-straftaetern-werden_id_5220050.html[/url]
[quote]
Migrants from North African countries have little chance of getting asylum . You will relatively quickly clear that it in German society hardly have prospects , " Baier said to FOCUS Online . However, it often takes a long time before an asylum decision. " During this time, there are people in a state of waiting ," says the sociologist . " A Waiting for Nothing " - at most on the deportation .
The willingness to integrate, only arises not
This ensures in the eyes of the experts that the will does not arise for the integration . " If the state has to be able to no security , remain is , on the part of the other person not as a willingness to integrate ," says Baier . " What emerges instead is frustration . "[/quote]
(google translate)
[QUOTE=Killuah;49583181]
People still talk about the 1000 man rape squad.
Fact is the official count is ~400.[/QUOTE]
I'm sure this makes European women feel much safer.
[QUOTE=Killuah;49583181]The quarter this happened in has been known to be a quarter full of illegal immigrants or immigrants in bureaucracy hell who can't go back but also aren't allowed to work and thus are turning to crime.
Nobody is talking about that.
[/QUOTE]
Because it's stupid and you are being downright monstrous to attribute premeditated mass rapes on unemployment. But this is the common thread I've seen from you. It's not their fault. It's never their fault. It's the German governments fault for not giving them work. It's the Wests fault for the countries these migrants come from being backwards theocracies that treat women like shit. It's womens fault for not staying arms length from everyone and wearing conservative clothing.
You are the poster child for the regressive left. You claim to be for nuance (which is looking like 2016's "It's 2015" already) but as soon as someone disagrees with your world view or hell just states raw facts you stick your head in the sand and prattle on about racist right-winger xenophobia.
[QUOTE=Buck.;49570287]Yeah, I noticed after I got dumbed 15 min after posting a 45 min video.
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I think the reason is because the thumbnail is absurd and Sargon, regardless of right or wrong, comes across as super arrogant. Like christ he named himself after Sargon of Akkad (The great king) and uses his image.
He's also deleting comments on his channel because apparently other peoples comments on his video can get him banned? I've never heard of that happening before
[QUOTE=gudman;49583208]
"Man, I've got no job, nothing to do, my life sucks so much. Hey, I know, I'll go rape someone and get me a handful of tits here and there, that ought to cheer me up". Excuse like that sort of could fly if we were discussing theft and burglary, but we're not.[/QUOTE]
It's important to keep in mind that not only are we talking about sexual assault, but premeditated sexual assault engaged in by young men for the hell of it because they come from a culture where women are treated like second class citizens.
That a bunch of young men got together and decided to go groping and stripping women on New Years Eve because "fuck it we ain't got a job" is honestly the stupidest thing I've read about this whole thing, and I've read a lot of stupid bullshit from the left about it.
[QUOTE=Raidyr;49583258]I'm sure this makes European women feel much safer.
Because it's stupid and you are being downright monstrous to attribute premeditated mass rapes on unemployment. But this is the common thread I've seen from you. It's not their fault. It's never their fault. It's the German governments fault for not giving them work. It's the Wests fault for the countries these migrants come from being backwards theocracies that treat women like shit. It's womens fault for not staying arms length from everyone and wearing conservative clothing.
You are the poster child for the regressive left. You claim to be for nuance (which is looking like 2016's "It's 2015" already) but as soon as someone disagrees with your world view or hell just states raw facts you stick your head in the sand and prattle on about racist right-winger xenophobia.[/QUOTE]
There is a difference between who is at fault and what's the cause.
Of course the people who are doing it are at fault and that's why the ones the police took in are treated by the existing laws.
But it's stupid to stop there. It will not solve the problem.
You need to ask why they became like that. Surely not because the prophet told them too.
Rape and theft is illegal in Muslim countries too.
Sure they have less women rights than Germany and that's bad.
But that's not the same as public rape and theft.
[quote]This ensures in the eyes of the experts that the will does not arise for the integration . " If the state has to be able to no security , remain is , on the part of the other person not as a willingness to integrate ," says Baier . " What emerges instead is frustration . "[/quote]
"The Muslim culture is at fault" is too easy.
We didn't have these problems when in the 70's hundreds of thousands of Turkish people came over.
And iff you think Turkey is more progressive, now it's "other muslims", think again.
In everything but the west coast of Turkey they are VERY strict.
It goes as far as when we were there on a campaign men and women can't be alone in the same room together.
[QUOTE=Killuah;49583274]There is a difference between who is at fault and what's the cause.
Of course the people who are doing it are at fault and that's why the ones the police took in are treated by the existing laws.
But it's stupid to stop there. It will not solve the problem.
You need to ask why they became like that. Surely not because the prophet told them too.
Rape and theft is illegal in Muslim countries too.[/QUOTE]
I already told you the cause. Sargon told you the cause. Everyone who is remotely aware of the situation and aren't bleeding heart social justice "progressives" have told you the cause. They have been telling you the cause for years.
You are importing cultures and values that are directly misaligned with western cultures and values. You are inviting people to your countries at rates that are so high and uncontrolled that we can't even find [I]two sources[/I] that happen to align on just how many "refugees" are actually Syrian and how many are economic migrants from neighboring Middle East countries or from North Africa. And no one can criticize this. Your governments from top heads of state down to individual police officers having to deal with crimes like these are paralyzed with fear of being politically incorrect.
[editline]22nd January 2016[/editline]
But hey what do I know I'm just a far-right xenophobic racist that wants to ban all Muslims who also didn't give a shit about women or rape victims until 2016. Just go ahead and keep blaming everything on western rape culture. This is the hill your leaders chose to die on, might as well join them.
[QUOTE=Killuah;49583222]
But it goes together. People were burgled on NYE too.
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But does it though? Does it [b]actually[/b] go together, or are those things different issues, even if committed by the same person? "I just robbed someone, might as well go and grope me some girl since I'm already a felon I guess"? The fact that there were also non-sexual crimes committed in large numbers doesn't mean that the reason is the same, like, how can sexual assault of any kind can in any way be linked to poverty/shitty life conditions?
[QUOTE=Raidyr;49583303]I already told you the cause. Sargon told you the cause. Everyone who is remotely aware of the situation and aren't bleeding heart social justice "progressives" have told you the cause. They have been telling you the cause for years.
You are importing cultures and values that are directly misaligned with western cultures and values. You are inviting people to your countries at rates that are so high and uncontrolled that we can't even find [I]two sources[/I] that happen to align on just how many "refugees" are actually Syrian and how many are economic migrants from neighboring Middle East countries or from North Africa. And no one can criticize this. Your governments from top heads of state down to individual police officers having to deal with crimes like these are paralyzed with fear of being politically incorrect.
[editline]22nd January 2016[/editline]
But hey what do I know I'm just a far-right xenophobic racist that wants to ban all Muslims who also didn't give a shit about women or rape victims until 2016. Just go ahead and keep blaming everything on western rape culture. This is the hill your leaders chose to die on, might as well join them.[/QUOTE]
Nobody is importing though. This is not goods we ordered.
Nobody is inviting either.
[editline]22nd January 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=gudman;49583313]But does it though? Does it [b]actually[/b] go together, or are those things different issues, even if committed by the same person? "I just robbed someone, might as well go and grope me some girl since I'm already a felon I guess"? The fact that there were also non-sexual crimes committed in large numbers doesn't mean that the reason is the same, like, how can sexual assault of any kind can in any way be linked to poverty/shitty life conditions?[/QUOTE]
Since for the incident at 18th of January 821 crimes have been reported, 359 cases are suxualized incidents from groping to rape with 1049 people reported as victims, 482 of those victims of sexualized crimes, yes.
And the fact that the groping is often used as a ruse to to steal stuff probably adds too.
[quote] how can sexual assault of any kind can in any way be linked to poverty/shitty life conditions?[/quote]
I am not a sociologist but it is.
[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/22/opinion/who-suffers-most-from-rape-and-sexual-assault-in-america.html?_r=0[/url]
[QUOTE=Killuah;49583371]
I am not a sociologist but it is.
[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/22/opinion/who-suffers-most-from-rape-and-sexual-assault-in-america.html?_r=0[/url][/QUOTE]
Are you sure that's the article you wanted to show? Because it links social conditions of [b]women[/b] with the likelihood of their [b]victimization[/b], and not the other way around. It says nothing about the perpetrators.
There is tons of data that rates of sexual assault is higher in places with concentrated poverty, and it isn't just the case that this is because of rape tourism or something. Rather, the logical conclusion is not only are there many rape victims who are poor, but that many of the rapists themselves are poor. Asking why this is the case is a great question.
I imagine it has something to do with the general disregard for future/worry about consequences when the future isn't owed to people. More likely that they'll see sexual assault as an acceptable avenue for entertainment, or feel like they are sexually entitled to women in cases when they aren't given much else. Poverty, amoung other things, severs a great deal of a community's social connections. Potentially, this othering process mean that when poor men rape women, they do so because there isn't a strong humanistic base present that lets them co-identify each other's humanity. Can't be ignored that there is a serious crisis of masculinity for the poor - rape is an outlet whereby they can reclaim that masculinity.
[editline]22nd January 2016[/editline]
I feel it necessary to say that talking about the socioeconomic causes of rape in no way excuses it. We can both recognize that circumstances make people more likely to do something and still have little to no sympathy for the act they do, right?
[QUOTE=Flameon;49583765] Can't be ignored that there is a serious crisis of masculinity for the poor - rape is an outlet whereby they can reclaim that masculinity.
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A "crisis of masculinity"? Odd claim that. Got any facts to back it up?
I just saw a clip of the Pegida leader calling it "a terror attack on blonde white women"
[QUOTE=Talishmar;49585051]A "crisis of masculinity"? Odd claim that. Got any facts to back it up?[/QUOTE]
This article might be good for getting at what im talking about.
[url]http://bjc.oxfordjournals.org/content/36/3/412.full.pdf[/url]
(if you can't access it: IN SEARCH OF MASCULINITY: Violence, Respect and Sexuality among Puerto Rican Crack Dealers in East Harlem by Philippe Bourgois)
The "facts" are if you are poor, all the usual markers of masculinity aren't really available to you (having a successful job, strong family life, upward mobility, etc) so you have to look for alternative outlets to express it. This probably won't meet the standard for any kind of Popperian test you might be looking for, but I find it has more explanatory power given that poor folks of all races are more likely to turn to crime/sexually assault people than their more affluent counterparts.
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