Quote Originally Posted by Gray Lensman View Post
It helps that they also believe such a thing could never happen to them personally. Although everyone else seems to get hurt by the mentality, so 'helps' may have been the wrong word....
I don't think that's it. I think it stems from a belief that that's just how the world works. Just look at the defenses you're seeing, it's all a variation of "everyone does it". Acceptance, never demands fof change.
That might also explain the victim blaming. Since "everyone does it" it must be her fault for putting herself in that position, she must be weak or a troublemaker for letting it happen or complaining about it later.
That's the entire horrible political commentator postion every time sexual assault comes up at any time.