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Gmoney · 06-04-2009, 10:58 PM

In my area, the men generally outnumber women in the rooms, but because my area is fairly large...there's still a huge amount of women.

I keep hearing people talk about sexual predators in the fellowships, and 10 times out of 10 they are talking about men chasing after vulnerable women in recovery. I'm well aware that this type of behavior exists, but I'm a bit leery as to whether every man that assertively approaches a woman is a sexual predator. Just seems to me that the label gets slapped on men too easily and too frequently.

I mean, is there some type of gender bias going on here? And are we to really believe that women don't engage in the same type of behavior? I can't count the times I've been pursued by oldtimer women when I was a newcomer. And if women think that men are the only ones that try to work a 13th step, they've got another think coming.

Comments? Concerns?

06-04-2009, 10:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gmoney Evolving Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New York State Posts: 2,910	Sexual Predators In my area, the men generally outnumber women in the rooms, but because my area is fairly large...there's still a huge amount of women. I keep hearing people talk about sexual predators in the fellowships, and 10 times out of 10 they are talking about men chasing after vulnerable women in recovery. I'm well aware that this type of behavior exists, but I'm a bit leery as to whether every man that assertively approaches a woman is a sexual predator. Just seems to me that the label gets slapped on men too easily and too frequently. I mean, is there some type of gender bias going on here? And are we to really believe that women don't engage in the same type of behavior? I can't count the times I've been pursued by oldtimer women when I was a newcomer. And if women think that men are the only ones that try to work a 13th step, they've got another think coming. Comments? Concerns? __________________ "We are never forced into relapse. We are given a choice. Relapse is never an accident." - Basic Text, 5th Ed.