The other birds thread
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Phil the Brit
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Nearly 200 Met Police officers accused of sexual misconduct since 2019
A total of 188 officers, the majority being men, have received allegations that they were involved in sexual assault, harassment and other sexual misconduct offences since 2019.www.dailymail.co.uk
What is the relevance of this post to this thread?
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Those are the reported numbers, how many events have been unreported?
Regardless of the figure, it's the fact some think that it's acceptable behaviour, which creates the culture.
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Would you feel safe reporting a sexual assault or rape if you thought there was even a 1 in 200 chance that an officer involved in the process may be predisposed to think this behaviour was acceptable?
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I thought I’d lighten the conversation with a picture of a “hot cop”. I think I’ve been looking at the pics for over ten minutes now…. still can’t decide which is my favourite. Here are a couple of good ones!
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dgmx5
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I think the one on the right as the SFPD emblem has a bird on it and is therefore on topic.
Keep up the good work, but remember to take regular breaks as looking at a screen for too long is bad for you.
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And that is a logical position to take.
But when you read how the Met Police have institutionally failed to address this behaviour, you might not think 99.6% of officers are not predisposed, that it is part of a wider boys club mentality.
Remember, this is the same police force which broke up a peaceful vigil over the murder of Sarah Everard and protest against wider sexual violence in society.
I am not an advocate for setting targets for sexual offence convictions; the statistics show that stranger rapes (as portrayed in Brookside back in the 1986 as one of the first portrayals of sexual violence on television) make up a smaller proportion of sexual offences - most cases involve the parties knowing each other. Nuance, parties' mutual understanding, communication of consent are all important considerations as are the tired tropes such as "she was asking for it", "look at the way she dresses", "she's a tease", a victim's sexual history.
But if you were a girl or woman who had been attacked, do you think these considerations would play on your mind?
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Guessing because the thread itself could be seen as the condoning / encouraging the sexualisation of women.
but am sure the OP will comment
midlifecrisis
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The German gymnastics team are out to foil you with their full length kit.
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And it should also be noted that when it comes to the diving events, the men wear considerably less than the women.
ps Well done to Tom Daley and Matty Lee
I chose this photo as it was the nearest I could find to a swallow dive and so vaguely on topic.
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"The USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal relates to the sexual abuse of female athletes—primarily minors at the time of the abuse—over two decades in the United States, starting in the late 1990s."
USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal - Wikipedia
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I have huge respect for all of the gymnasts, particularly for Simone Biles for the strength she has shown in continuing to be an incredible ambassador for a sport and an organisation that has taken so much from her, and also for the Uzbeki gymnast, Oksana Chusovitina, who aged 46 years old competed in her 8th Summer Olympics:
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There seems to be a suggestion here that I oppose the sexualisation of women.
Nothing could be further from the truth and I love nothing more than a bit of leather bondage.
So for those with a similar fetish who love to see a woman tightly bound in an unnatural position using leather restraints, I give you this particularly salacious shot from the 2020 Olympics 10m Air Rifle final:
Nothing could be further from the truth and I love nothing more than a bit of leather bondage.
So for those with a similar fetish who love to see a woman tightly bound in an unnatural position using leather restraints, I give you this particularly salacious shot from the 2020 Olympics 10m Air Rifle final:
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Hang on. So in shooting you can use rests. Does that not defeat the object?
dgmx5
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They just use the rest between shots as they can't bend down, most form a knuckle they place the rifle on come the shot, some rest the rifle on their open palm.
They also have leather trousers, and they can't even walk in those suits as they walk away from the range. That or they are so stiff from standing in the same position for so long.
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dgmx5 has not commented on the reason he wants to bring in met police into this thread. I guess he just posted wrongly.
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What Scaf said. It's endemic throughout society.
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And................