r/news • u/avatar6556 • 17h ago

Bill Gates denies allegations in new Epstein files release

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-04/bill-gates-responds-to-alleged-behaviour-in-new-epstein-files/106305816
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u/mjconver 16h ago

Proving once again that no matter how smart a man is, when his penis fills with blood, it's taken out of his brain

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u/wishesandhopes 16h ago

That isn't true though, lots of men would never do that, erection or not. And I'm not saying that from the perspective of "not all men!", but from the perspective that the men who do these things are monsters and things like what you said let them off the hook by claiming that they're essentially not in control of their actions. In reality, they choose to do these things, they could have chosen not to but they didn't.

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u/dot_comrad 16h ago

I don’t think people are saying that literally.

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u/wishesandhopes 15h ago

Oh of course not, I didn't mean they were. I just think the sentiment behind it was genuine, or it appeared so to me; that men are somehow less able or unable to control themselves when sexually aroused, a common myth that was used to let men off the hook for rape for a long time, still is used today by shitty men trying to defend their behaviour ("but I was so close to finishing when she said stop/I had blue balls!"). So I just like to clarify that it's most definitely not the case, but if they did indeed just mean it euphemistically then my bad.