Reykjavík Grapevine - 13.07.2012, Blaðsíða 4

Dear A. Woman.
I am honestly sorry that this has become a
part of your life. It is not acceptable in any
circumstance. The only thing that occurs to
me is that from now forward - the biggest ef-
fort has to begin with the children. Real men
do not rape. It has to begin with real fathers
educating sons, and mothers educating girls
to not accept this kind of behavior. And it
takes a serious legal and medical system,
dedicated to not tolerate any form of sexual
assault. And, what do we do with a society
that promotes the idea that sex is a casual
part of a party society? What do we do with
accepted situations that put women in this
position and then ignore the results? What-
ever is done, something has to be done.
Best wishes,
A. Man
Dear A. Man,
Thanks for taking the time to comment on
A. Woman’s article, “Have Some Rape With
Your Coffee, Guys.” It’s nice to see that this
important subject is not falling on deaf ears,
that people aren’t entirely apathetic when it
comes to this. Here’s what other people had
to say about it:
“Yo, Please transmit to the wonderful anony-
mous writer A. Woman my sincere appre-
ciation and respect for her words. That was
an air-punchingly good opinion piece and it
meant a lot to me to read it.”
- R!
“I agree with most of what you have written,
A. Woman, but one thing I must challenge
you on. It's not a man's problem or a woman's
problem, it's a human problem.
Both men and women are capable of sexual
assault. On either gender.
Men rape men, men rape women, women
rape women, women rape men.
Let's call a spade a spade and address the
problem in its entirety.
Other than that, I wholeheartedly agree. It's
a sad situation and I applaud the people brave
enough to share their stories.”
- Ingunn Margrét Blöndal
“Frábær grein - you took the words right out
of my mouth. The fact is að way too many
straight guys have the attitude að "I don't
rape, so I'm innocent", en auðvitað eru þeir
allir guilty to some extent. They control the
government, banks and major industries, og
á meðan þeir nota ekki that power til að stop
their mothers, sisters and daughters being
abused, þá eru þeir no less guilty than those
actually committing the rape. WLT.”
- Tony Peralta
“It's a good article but I disagree. Men can-
not come together to stop rape. I've seen
men try to take advantage of drunk girls in
downtown Reykjavik countless times. I've
done stuff about it, like letting the bounc-
ers know and try to get the guy kicked out.
Driven home girls or walked them to taxis.
Many times they were drugged. It's getting
super serious right now, much more than
just a few years ago. There's a RAPE DRUG
epidemic going on people! The men who are
going out to rape (yes they plan their whole
weekend out with that in mind, and they see
nothing wrong with it) they are going to be
there this weekend and the one after that,
with countless potential victims to choose
from. THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO TO
STOP THEM is to educate the 18-22 year olds
about DRUGS and EVIL MEN. Make them
REALIZE THE THREAT, NOTICE THE
SIGNS that someone might be drugged, take
care of their friends and help others. Call the
police, notify bouncers. CATCH THE GUYS
IN THE ACT! /RANT”
- Bóas Kristjánsson
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