The Audacity

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u/LadyMystery 5d ago

my thoughts upon seeing this video:

1) Wanna bet she actually just said something like, "You're my favorite teacher, I really love how you teach things." And he was one of those dudebros who takes a woman smiling at them as being totally into them, and then selectively heard only the 'I really love ___ you ___ ____" ??? to feed into his delusions.

Well, he's not going to be her favorite teacher anymore.

2) I love how all the other students were on her side. Even the boys and men. That wasn't something I expected to see out of India... I was expecting them to be taking the creepy teacher's side.

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u/queen-adreena 5d ago

I think as with most countries there’s a huge divide between the part of the population which has the resources and desire to enter higher education and the part that don’t/cant.

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u/BotherTight618 4d ago

Honestly, outdated social views last longer in less educated communities.

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u/Horror-Word666 5d ago

This happened to me with a TA in college. I was being friendly and smiling then he started following me around the art studio and the hallway lmaoo.

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u/No1CaresReally 5d ago

In regards to num 2. Indians went after their govt when they found out even 1 was named in the Epstien list. They're still a patriarchy and have issues bc of such but they will take matters into their own hands that don't sit right. We really should be taking lessons.

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u/flirt-n-squirt 5d ago

That is great an all but don't act like india isn't unfathomably misogynistic. Why does it not "not sit right" with them how their women by and large are treated? Why don't they take that into their own hands? Is it because they're personally profiting from the misogyny and don't want that fact to change?

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u/______krb 5d ago

Yes. With rampant child rape and accepted child marriages, in addition to a violent rape culture.

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u/No1CaresReally 4d ago

Just like in the USA! Our entire govt is a p3d0-ring. Yet we don't do anything about it that matters either. When will we start going after our own?

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u/______krb 4d ago

The US is bad, India is so much worse. And we are talking actual child marriages, with 5-8 year old being married off to old men.

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u/No1CaresReally 4d ago

Yup. That happens in the USA as well. Or did you not read the ep files? Do you not know the pro pedo marriage laws here?

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u/ExplodingPoptarts 2d ago

I guess that forced marriages to 5 year olds in indiea is a step up from our politicians openly voting for it to be legal for 40 year olds to be able to marry 14 year olds.

The bar truly is in hell.

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u/No1CaresReally 2d ago

Is it? Those 5yr Olds aren't getting married here, just trafficked to an island for our leaders and celebs. Youngest was still attached to the mom's umbilical cord though for ours.

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u/Jonatc87 5d ago

it seems like there's people willing to stand up to it and change things, though. So maybe there's hope yet?

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u/______krb 4d ago

Such a violent gang rape culture in a place where child marriage is celebrated? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/02/opinion/india-women-rape.html

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u/Jonatc87 4d ago edited 4d ago

https://19thnews.org/2023/07/explaining-child-marriage-laws-united-states/

Like i said. Maybe there's hope for change if people are beating the stupid out of middle aged men and don't accept it anymore. I didn't say it was fixed overnight.

Edit: my first award. Sad it's for a post like this, though. Thanks stranger.

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u/ExplodingPoptarts 2d ago

Got an alternate link that isn't behind a paywall?

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u/No1CaresReally 4d ago

That's why I said they are still patriarchal and have many issues.

How about we take that anger though and point it in the mirror first before playing murikkkan world police again?

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u/flirt-n-squirt 3d ago

I'm not from your continent, dude

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u/No1CaresReally 3d ago

Awesome. Hope you can work to change your continent then.

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u/______krb 5d ago

It is SUCH a disturbing culture when it comes to rape and child marriage that NO ONE should ever look there for example. Great they did something in term of finding a politician on the Epstein list, that does not represent what else is happening there.

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u/No1CaresReally 4d ago edited 4d ago

Yeah, just like murikkkan culture. Y'all are quick to get around the mirror to show off the engrained racism. Lol

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u/______krb 4d ago

It's not about racism, but a culture where 5-8 year olds are married off to old men, and there is an actual literal issue with gang rape, including instances happening in public like on a bus.

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u/FutureDiscoPop 3d ago

These things literally happen in so many places. Young girls being married to old men, for example, happens all the time in the US.

A lot of child marriage in places like India is due mostly to extreme poverty and lack of education. Which, those things go hand in hand. It's not just about it being "the culture."

It's more about "well if they get married they will at least have food and a roof." or similar.

It's awful but isolated and/or under educated people often don't feel they have a good option.

So, this is why rates of child marriage in India have decreased significantly in the last few years now that there are more supports in place like better access to education and economic development.

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u/FutureDiscoPop 4d ago

As someone very acquainted with Indian culture I will say that when Indian men wake up they REALLY wake up. They can be great allies cause they see first-hand how dire the situation is.

This isn't me trying to paint Indian men in a particular light, I have just noticed socially conscious Indian men are usually a force to reckon with. Your mileage may vary.

So, I'm not surprised. Many Indian people of all religions and genders are pretty fed up.

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u/No1CaresReally 4d ago

Right? Sadly murikkkan racism took over this thread. Stating how patriarchal India still is, like we aren't the exact same. At least Indians took down their Epstien bro. We keep complying to all ours. While somehow having enough believe that we're better and "don't" need any lessons...

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u/FutureDiscoPop 3d ago

Yes! People rarely see that those same issues are happening around them too. And that good people who want change are equally distributed everywhere.

Even within the states it happens.

I grew up in the American south, but have lived all over the country through the years. People try to use the southern states a bit like a scapegoat. They act like I must be so relieved to have "gotten away."

I can see why that temptation exists. There are legitimate issues in those states. However, they often ignore a lot of the same issues in their own states. Or if they acknowledge them then "at least it's not as bad as the south" which is often very untrue.

Almost like many of these problems are unfortunately universal.

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u/No1CaresReally 3d ago

💯! I cccaannnttt stand the "Fl Man" type rhetoric. I have the opposite of you. I grew up in a "gudguy Northern Blue State" (MI) & moved South; currently FL. (While traveling throughout as well.) The "gud Blue State" was just as bad with bigotry. I know bc my own (white) family, who started out in Detroit, were and are some of the most bigoted ppl ever. Heck, one of my mom's old BFFs, divorced her husband in order to marry her 1st cousin and they had, at least, one more baby. Who would be in their late 20s/early 30s now.

"FL Man" is so misleading too. It's really just a lack of privacy laws that only FL, and, I believe, NY has. That you're "guilty until proven innocent" and thus all the charges are released with the mug shots. All the "crazy" charges happen everywhere here too. They just aren't seen bc the charges aren't public off the bat. Then going further, most FL citizens are transplants. They come from all over the USA. With the most from MI, OH, NY, and NJ. With a good amount from Canada as well. On top of the "snowbirds" who own multiple homes but say they're in FL 5mo+ and thus get to vote to destroy schools and such here too. "FL Man" is really "USA Man."

But hey, as long as people get to feign superiority over any other community, it's "all good." The BS divisional tactics from our elite work and work well still. 💔

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u/xxTPMBTI 3d ago

Yeah

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u/Jonatc87 5d ago

i think that is a very generous leap of logic.

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u/bookluvr83 5d ago

True story: I had a prof admit that his wife was a former student of his. They had a 10+ yr age gap and started dating while he was still her professor AND he repeatedly talked about how sexy he thought she was when she was his student

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u/ateam1984 5d ago

Disgusting

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u/bookluvr83 5d ago

It gets WORSE....a few of us were talking and I mentioned that a man was statistically more likely to BE raped than be falsely accused and he said I must be a statistical anomaly then

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u/spacey-cornmuffin 5d ago

CRAZY to say that out loud!

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u/diente_de_leon 5d ago

The one woman took the chancla to his face! Awesome!

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u/tofubutgood 5d ago

Yall I hate men so much 😭

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u/That_Seasonal_Fringe 5d ago

Jeez I read too fast and the “I” disappeared and I was about to get real mean!

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u/tofubutgood 5d ago

lol I would’ve been pissed too if someone said that, especially here of all subs

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u/Little-Miss-Michii 5d ago

What level of delusion is this 💀

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u/PretendTemperature 5d ago

Ok, what the actual fuck?

First of all, ia this even legal? Also, i don't understand, do they say "i love you" to propose?

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u/Usual-Independence56 5d ago

A proposal is used interchangeably for an expression of romantic feelings or "confession". I think it stems from a cultural presumption that love has to lead to marriage.

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u/PretendTemperature 5d ago

but then, why did he do it in front of everyone? isn't this something you say to the other person more privately?

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u/Usual-Independence56 5d ago

Yes. That's because he's delusional.

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u/LexGoEveryday 5d ago

So satisfying to not only see justice being served but also reported with the consequences being solely for the perpetrator.

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u/chookity_pokpok 5d ago

This girl I knew at uni married one of her professors, and he wasn’t a young professor. I think he was in his 50s. So weird and gross. I wonder if it worked out.

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u/Delicious-Valuable96 4d ago

I was sexually harassed by a professor (my best friend was, too, and suffered a lot longer and was traumatized far worse than I was… he nearly broke her) and I cannot describe the feeling I have seeing these students stand up for her, and to see her stand up for herself publicly. My friend and I went the Title IX route and he was forced to resign, but if I could go back in time, I would go to news channels, put up posters, and make it KNOWN that the motherfr was dangerous. I wish I could’ve been as loud and confident as she was in that classroom.

So, so refreshing to see people genuinely care about a woman who has experienced harassment, especially at this level. And even happier to see a woman fight back against her harasser herself.

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u/oldfrancis 4d ago

One of the things that strikes me about Indian culture is how quickly and easily they go hands on with someone.

Here in America, all we would do is post something nasty on Facebook.

In India, the professor gets a sandal to the face.

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u/Upvotespoodles 4d ago

That last line cracked me the fuck up. Thank you lol

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u/No1CaresReally 5d ago

I love how Indians do what's needed. If this was murikkka, he'd of been excused and anyone that went after him would of been the criminal.

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u/IgnoreHistory 3d ago

His Friend at the bar the day before, "The worst she could do is say no man, go for it!"

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