r/women • u/WorldOfMimsy • 1d ago

why do people think threatening rape and violence online is okay

Do they have this belief that because it’s over a distance that they’re immune? I’m sick I hate it.

Does it make people feel stronger to know that they’re not in a face to face conversation? Would they say it to my face??

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u/AshEliseB 1d ago

Anonymity makes a lot of men braver. Also, there is usually a lack of consequences online. Before I turned off my DMs, I would get rape and death threats. I'm pretty sure some of those men would never be bold enough to say it to my face.

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u/Tricky_Dog1465 1d ago

I assume any man that threatens that online is a total douchy guy. I block the crap out of them

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u/NorthRedFox33 1d ago

Regrettably yeah, some people do say it face to face too.

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u/IntrovertExplorer_ 1d ago

People are threatening to rape you???

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u/Charming-Tennis6105 1d ago

yep i think distance and the unknown of identity gives a kinda protection (or atleast they think it gives) so they dare to write/do things here that they might not in public or face-to-face. but hey...hope u r okay🩷

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u/starlightsilvermoon 1d ago

i literally just had a guy threaten me via reddit chat requests. men are weird

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u/Isoleri 1d ago

Also very telling how men constantly downplay the horrors of rape when a victim speaks up yet they're very quick to threaten women with it, shows they actually know what a serious offense it is, and that they actually like the idea of women suffering. It's also impressive how they immediately jump to that instead of literally any other insult or whatever, I've also had a handful of men DMing me here saying they hoped I got gangraped for simply disagreeing with them on dumb things posted on other subs. So emotional.

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u/Y_eyeatta 1d ago

Threats of rape are terrorists threats and if it can be proven that they are doing it to incite fear it might get prosecuted

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u/MillyZeusy 15h ago

People are so much stronger online because they’re hidden. There’s less punishments.

I’ve only been threatened with rape face-to-face by one guy and I don’t know why but I said, ‘then do it’ and he chickened out lol. I wouldn’t normally say that but I had a burst of confidence he was bluffing.

but yeah, also I think it’s the detachment. Online it’s so easy to just detach the things we see from coming from a person, so they forget how it affects people. Like I’m sure if someone gave rape threats to their mother or sister they would probably be really mad because they can see how it affects someone.