re: Meet ‘Generation Snowflake'

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I figured as much, but why even say it?

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because it's a very powerful message that reminds us that our worst case scenario is not THE worst case scenario

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I mean if I had to pick one thing that was, generally speaking, the worst thing a woman could experience, I'd pick rape.

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I would say it's one of the worst things, but, as a woman, I can think of things that could be worse for me to experience.

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If her point is that there are different levels or rape,

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Women, generally, do not distinguish different levels of rape. They may victim-bash (for lack of a better term) because that way they can distance themselves from the act. Such as, I would never get that drunk at a party, so the Stanford swimmer would never rape me. I would never wear that outfit, I would never walk alone after dark...these are all things said to distance yourself so you don't feel vulnerable. Other people, will use them as reasons why someone was attacked. Again it distances their wife, sister, daughter, mother, SO from those who are raped.

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Getting up in front of a crowd of women in their late teens and early twenties and telling them that there are worse things that can happen to you than rape is stirring the pot just for the hell of it.

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Possibly, but it is rather thought provoking. See this current conversation. But also, look at how the victim of the Stanford swimmer has been treated. I would argue that being called a slut who was asking for it because she had too much to drink can be worse than what happened. The details of her life before becoming public knowledge. That regardless of what she does or accomplishes in her life, her life will now be broken down into before the rape and after the rape. That no matter how well she handles this and heals, she will never have that same privacy, security, and dignity she once had. All because of one person and one night. So, while the rape may be the catastrophic catalyst, it may by no means be the worst thing she ever experiences.

Meet the manly man raising them.

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Been seeing this a lot lately.

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because it's a very powerful message that reminds us that our worst case scenario is not THE worst case scenario

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Good point, although I suspect that is hardly the reason it is brought up in this case.

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That regardless of what she does or accomplishes in her life, her life will now be broken down into before the rape and after the rape. That no matter how well she handles this and heals, she will never have that same privacy, security, and dignity she once had. All because of one person and one night. So, while the rape may be the catastrophic catalyst, it may by no means be the worst thing she ever experiences.

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But isn't that precisely the reason that rape is so awful for a woman? I mean the actual act can be peanuts compared to the ramifications that a woman may be forced to overcome. As a man I'm not going to tell you how to feel about it by any stretch of the imagination, but I'd argue that the struggles post-rape are some of the worst things about the event.

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I think you mean using a card catalog system. Libraries still use the Dewey Decimal System. It's just accessed by computers now.

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Last time I can remember using a card catalog system was back in the 4th to 6th grade period of my life.

I was born in 1991. But I am still a millennial

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Generations table

The following table summarizes what you need to know about Western generations so you can track your own in time.
Generation Other name Births from Births until Coming of age
The G.I. Generation Greatest Generation 1900 1924 1918 - 1929
The Silent Generation Lucky Few 1925 1945 1943 - 1962
The Baby Boom Generation Baby Boomers 1946 1965 1963 - 1972
Generation X Latchkey Kids 1966 1979 1988 - 1994
Generation Y Millennials 1980 1994 2098 - 2006
Generation Z Gen Next 1995 2016 2007 - 2020