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If men in general throughout human history...


... were, for some or other reasons, far LESS violent, inclined to hurt and harm other people both physically and emotionally to a far LESS degree, were not so prone to be the perpetrators of sexual violence against women, other men and others (Dear God!) and were even to an extent as vulnerable and compassionate by nature as women are even with their many differences (i.e. the fact that men can't get pregnant, men being generally physically much stronger and bigger than women, men having a penis (with all that it entails including legally AND morally) whilst women having vaginas etc, men being far less traditionally recognized as "beautiful people" the way women are etc - and of course, the biggest related reasons, that they HAVEN'T committed this much violence, evil and sexual violence on both major and minor scales)...

Would it then be seen just as unacceptable in humanity to hate men and hurt them, even "justifiably", and also perform acts of castration like we see here, as it would be to indulge in misoginy, and would films like this then be allowed to exist and cherished as such?

Not making any "moral judgements", just being curious, what if? Thanks.

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Hi
I know a ton of guys and none are rapist monsters...even guys i know who i consider to be assholes arent abusive monsters like these freaks...
I think they got what they had coming...and i dont know a single guy (even the asshole types) that would condone what they did

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Of course no decent and normal human being can or would condone what those types did of course, but then again, you could say that the reason you know plenty of men who are not violent sexual predators is because, whilst far from perfect and certainly in need of a lot of improvement, we have laws and morals as well as upbringing and encouragement that allows them to prevent themselves from being perpetrators of such deeds. (Even "assholes", as you claim, well, at least SOME of them, may have a tendency to have some limits, not to mention not wanting to be arrested and apprehended by police etc.)

Of course in real life though, not many victims would have it in them to exact revenge like shown in the movie.

But I was just wondering what the world would be like, and also what would be the state of cinema like as well, if men in general, much like most women, were NOT violent, abusive, criminally offensive, perpetrators of sexual crimes etc, by nature, and that throughout human history in both peaceful and not so much times, they didn't carry out acts like these (and loads of others) on a grand scale statistics wise, would we still have films like "I Spit on Your Grave" that empower women, even if violently, against men who violate them?

But then again, that would be a totally different world now, wouldn't it?

(Sadly, and unfortunately, there are a number of reasons as to why the overall vast majority of violent criminals are indeed men, keep in mind that for one, men are generally and naturally physically stronger than women and have mental tendencies to often unfairly compete and fight for power, and combined with a lot of other factors including historical and modern statistical evidence, its somewhat simple, even if not always easy to explain in a single sentence, to see why "misandry" in our world isn't taken anywhere as seriously (by CIVILIZED people mind you) than misoginy, of course there are plenty of men who suffer at the hands of other MEN as well.)

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Good points TheMan18 :)
I read somewhere that the natural chemistry in a mans body makes us a bit bigger, more aggressive etc...
Anyway, thank goodness most of us just use our 'manliness' (lol) to kill spiders in the garage!

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Yes, and I suppose then IF that were the case, then indeed the state of cinema as well as our stances on things that deal with such topics etc would arguably be a LOT different than it is today, but yes that really is another story.

P.S. Tobe Hooper died today, at 74, who in 1974 (!), made one of the greatest horror movies ever made - "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre".

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Yeah i heard about Hooper
Real shame...Texas is one of my favorites

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And just like this movie, it also has that 70s grindhouse gritty feel to it.

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Couldnt have put it better...huge classic

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