Why do men find sexual assault funny sometimes?

[Anonymous]

I was hanging out with some people and we watched one of those videos on facebook, where random girls in the street get their clothes pulled down in public by strangers, and their body gets exposed. They quickly pull down the strapless tops or pants/shorts of unsuspecting girls and then run away leaving the girls embarrassed/shocked/confused, sometimes the girls scream after the guys and curse them (tho I didn't understand what exactly they said, they were speaking some slavic language). The guys watching were either laughing or making sexual remarks, commenting on how much they enjoyed the girls shocked or ashamed expression, or how nice the boobs or ass looked and jiggled when the clothes got removed, why do guys enjoy and laugh at this type of sexual assault so much?

[definitelyNotHer]

Because (a lot of) men have been taught and trained to think of women as objects and treat them as such.

[LogicBomber]

That is absolute BS.
Women objectify themselves.
Also, Women fuck objects, men do not.

[gothbxtch]

because those men are horrible, awful, misogynistic, sexual assaulter pigs.

[LogicBomber]

Men did something I don’t like…. “MIsOgYnY”

Misogyny means to hate women, not to simply laugh at a dumb video that happens have a women in it. I guarantee that at some point in your short life, you have hit, kicked, or laughed at guy being hit or kicked. Misandry is more common than misogyny.

[Staximus]

Like Marilyn Manson?

[gothbxtch]

thank you!

[JustinTheGreat]

That’s disgusting. I wouldn’t even hang out with those dudes anymore. Sounds like a huge red flag

[dudeinohio]

It's called "sharking" and probably originated in Japan. I don't see what people get out of it.

[Asker]

it's disgusting that there is a whole trend for this kind of thing...

[NamerOfStars]

Because they grew up seeing girls laugh at THIS form of sexual assault:

Get told that being victimized is comic, and you lose the ability to empathize with other victims.

[Staximus]

A kick to the nuts is what those guys need, genius

[NamerOfStars]

@Staximus No, perspective is what they need, moron. Look at the men who get caught raping little girls: 80% of them were victims of similar sexual abuse when THEY were kids, almost always from women, and what reaction did they get when found out? Congratulations. Naturally, they then assume that sexual assault isn't a big deal. It's exactly the same thing here.

Accountability's a two-way street. Stop treating people horribly and most of them will return the favor.

[Asker]

this is the most insane and disgusting defense of rape i've ever heard

[Staximus]

You reported my comment, thanks

[Staximus]

No, ass bandit. They need to learn about consequences

[NamerOfStars]

It's not a defense of rape, it's pointing out that teaching people that sexual assault is funny makes them think that sexual assault is funny.

[NamerOfStars]

@Staximus That's exactly my point- treat sexual assault as a joke, and it gets seen as a joke. You're just looking in the wrong direction.

[NamerOfStars]

@Staximus Sorry, that should've been "You're just looking in the wrong direction, dipshit".

[Asker]

you clearly defended rape, get your head checked

[Nikki1989]

I am more worried about the people that actually find it funny.

[LogicBomber]

Comedy comes from darkness.
Making fun of things that make people us uncomfortable is the root of comedy.
This is why the most famous comics are men and society constantly makes comments about women not being funny.
We make jokes about dead babies, holocaust, murder, kidnapping, and literally all the things that make this world intolerable. The only thing that seems to tweak anyone’s nipples is when me joke about females. Which actually shows more about the woman than it does the men.

[Asker]

yeah, but would you laugh when you saw the things you mentioned in videos that have been recorded in real life?

[LogicBomber]

people in videos don’t mean anything. I generally only get pissed off at a video if a child or animal is hurt by someone, otherwise, people don’t matter.

If a girl is wearing clothes that allow her to be exposed without effort, I honestly would laugh at the fact that her entitlement was used against her.

[LogicBomber]

And like another post stated, women openly laugh at males being hit by women, so it’s funny that the tables being turned is not funny to you.

[Asker]

you change the subject. also entitlement in this context doesn't make sense.

[Asker]

well yeah, finding that funny is the least of your problems when you admitted that you joke about dead babies and murder, still get your head checked.

[LogicBomber]

Personal attacks and shaming tactics don’t make you right nor do they bother me.
Like I said, comedy comes from dark place, Robin Williams said that once. Your inability to find humour in things doesn’t change the fact that it is how humans are.
More jews make holocaust jokes than anyone else. More black people make race jokes and slave jokes than anyone else.
The only groups that can’t seem to laugh at negative things about themselves are Islamic ideologs and women.

[Asker]

Personal shouldn't bother you when you state personal things.

[Simslover92]

Because those men are degenerates.

[Sexiestjohnson]

Doesn't always mean we are deges. Men are complex. He may look at it, smile at it, laugh about it. Even say some mean things and still not be glad that a lady had to go through all that.

Most people only engage smuts like that for the laughs

[Asker]

@Sexiestjohnson would you laugh/smile at it if it was your mother/daughter/sister or some other woman you deeply loved?

[Sexiestjohnson]

You know my answer will always be NO. Honestly, I don't see it as a comedy or joke. Never have and never will. But I do know some people find it amusing but their hearts are as far removed from being happy about it as our hearts are.

[slatyb]

Men? Perhaps some. I do not.

[clampfan101]

Some people find that funny? That’s terrible.

[Anonymous]

If a woman got assaulted for rejecting someone because of looks or disability or because the guys is beta id find that funny.

[Asker]

why would be any woman obligated to like everyone? and also in that video the girls were complete strangers.

[Opinion Owner]

Perhaps the guys don't get enough attention

[Asker]

removing girls' clothing is a fucked up response to not getting enough attention tho.

[LiamJHayden]

How many men actually find it funny?

[Asker]

well, the ones that were watching laughed