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I still fancy RB

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WesterChick · 19/09/2023 23:16

I've watched the documentary.

I still fancy RB.

I identify as a radical feminist.

I'm married with kids.

I think that if you are a heterosexual woman, you are either in denial on what men are or you accept what they are but find them irresistibly sexually attractive and so continue to be with them.

RB is simply what the vast majority of men would be like if they could get away with it.

Therefore - and because he's bloody good looking, funny and intelligent - and sexy - I will continue to fancy the pants off him.

I think women who are being all shocked and descusted at his behaviour need to consider what men are actually like. There's not some massive demarcation between him and other men.

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DirectionToPerfection · 22/09/2023 16:49

YearsOfTakingDownOurBanners · 22/09/2023 16:00

Oh yeah @spookehtooth that's exactly it - the use of the phrase 'actual rape' in their last revolting post exposes @Poptones for what they are, as does 'witch hunt'. They would like to dismiss oral rape, attempted rape, sexual assault, indecent exposure and coercion as no big deal because they aren't 'actual rape' apparently.

Yep.

I mean there's plenty of actual video evidence of him sexually harassing and behaving extremely inappropriately with women, and there's the stuff he admitted to on air too like exposing himself to a woman.

The Caprice interview from years ago is just dreadful.

But hey, none of that matters because lots of women wanted to sleep with him, apparently.

SerafinasGoose · 22/09/2023 17:21

SlippySarah · 21/09/2023 22:25

I agree with you OP, although I don't fancy him. I don't fancy anyone to be honest. But I'm shocked at the number of people who think that he's off the scale compared to the average man. There are a lot of men out there who fantasise about rape and enjoy violent pornography. RB isn't special or different.

Of course he's off the scale compared with the average man.

Yes, people do engage in rape fantasies and BDSM. Plenty of couples do so perfectly consensually. And there we have the key word: 'consent'.

The fact that these activities are engaged in by mutual or possibily even transactional agreement illustrates precisely where that line is drawn between consensual activity and rape (by that definition I include coercion).

Frankly I'm amazed this distinction needed pointing out to anyone.

THAT is how Brand is different from your average man.

Meowandthen · 22/09/2023 19:55

Ilinaya · 21/09/2023 21:59

Shame on me? 😂 Are you living in a parallel universe? Everyone associated with him has dropped him, his events are cancelled, he can't monetise content on his main platform.
I'm literally only stating facts. No need to get so het up about it.

Yes. Shame on you for defending him.

Ilinaya · 22/09/2023 20:19

Meowandthen · 22/09/2023 19:55

Yes. Shame on you for defending him.

Oh whatever, shame on you for not wanting to hear two sides to a story.
If you actually read my posts you'd see I even said 'he is probably guilty but I cannot be sure'
I'm hardly sitting here proclaiming his innocence and godliness. Jesus Christ.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 22/09/2023 21:39

Fact is after all this witch hunt, they can only find one woman who accuses him of actual rape.

You appear not to understand the definition of rape in the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

Ramalangadingdong · 23/09/2023 01:05

@Poptones Brand slept with 2000 women. As most of them were one night stands he has had the same amount of sex as the average person. Possibly less. Judging by his descriptions of those experiences many of them were demeaning for the women involved - he describes spitting on them and manipulation. Germaine Greer was probably right when she said the reason he had so many one nighters was because he wasn’t very good so most didn’t go back for seconds. .

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