What A Stupid Thing To Say

[emmie]

i wonder at people i really do, who cares she's a Tory councillor, a very insensitive comment,

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/10760034/Tory-councillor-tells-meeting-When-rape-is-inevitable-lie-back-and-enjoy-it.html

[emmie]

they are not completely powerless either, they can veto plans, i have seen it done countless times

[EDDIE51]

Years ago we used to hear a saying
'' Confucious say, rape is impossible, woman with skirt up run faster than man with trousers down''
No one ever belived he really said that either.

[EDDIE51]

Our council refused a second Tesco store in the town 3 times but Tesco appealed against it every time , now Tesco have forced the plan through even though the council are still 100% against it. The council say they can't afford to fight it anymore so are forced to allow it. That is the sort of thing this woman was trying to highlight.

[emmie]

then they all need to fight harder. sorry but unless they do so, the countryside in England will disappear. Friends who live outside the capital in Sussex are seeing many villages, towns disappear under the weight of massive one size fits all boxy housing estates, and these huge stores like Tesco, Sainsburys.

[emmie]

i am not frothing at the mouth, that is a foolish thing to say, and admit that had this idiocy come from a bloke it would have made headline news
and with bricks thrown at him for his stupidity

[emmie]

what cause, she is a councillor, one of many.

[mikey4444]

Daft woman. If a man had said that, there would have been an even bigger furore.

[emmie]

mikey, its exactly what i said.

[andy-hughes]

It was a particularly ill-judged phrase used to make a point.

I think it was said without due care and forethought, but in the lady's favour, she has acknowledged her error and apologised.

But in context, it was simply a careless use of an unpleasant expression - and a line should be drawn under it.

[ludwig]

You just can't say things like this in a public forum nowadays and expect to keep your job. Not knowing that is an indication that you're out of touch and it's time to retire, irrespective of the actual comment itself.

[anotheoldgit]

emmie

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Yes and that is what I put, only in a more abbreviated fashion.

[emmie]

ludwig, exactly, and as i have said more than once, a man saying this would be hung, drawn and quartered.

[Sqad]

Well, let's look at it from a pragmatic point of view.......if it is INEVITABLE that a woman is going to be raped. there are only two situations.
Firstly you are going to kick and struggle and clearly hate and abhor the procedure OR "lie back and try to enjoy it"........if possible.

Some women fantasise about being raped and more particularly by being raped by a black man.

Yes, not an ideal thing for our councillor to say, but not the "big deal" that it has been made to be.

[anotheoldgit]

emmie

/// and admit that had this idiocy come from a bloke it would have made headline news ///

It was reported in the Telegraph, hardly a local rag.

[emmie]

i didn't see that, i hope she is suitably contrite,
what a wally

[andy-hughes]

Sqad - "Well, let's look at it from a pragmatic point of view.......if it is INEVITABLE that a woman is going to be raped. there are only two situations.
Firstly you are going to kick and struggle and clearly hate and abhor the procedure OR "lie back and try to enjoy it"........if possible.

Some women fantasise about being raped and more particularly by being raped by a black man."

Enjoy it 'if possible'? What's life like in 1968?

[ladybirder]

And what about another alternative, being frozen with terror until it's over and long after?

[emmie]

if anyone has had the misfortune to go this route, and i have, its not a case of lie back and enjoy it, or that it happens in dark alleyways, it doesn't always, and whoever thinks so should think again - if someone were to punch you its hardly likely you would go on kicking and screaming

female or male rape is not something to be bandied about lightly,
as to fantasy rape, oh please, that is porn nonsense

as to the idiot woman, she should just shut the hell up, and next time
think before engaging brain