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This brings up another fantastic point: if YOU (the rape culture deniers in the crowd) do not ever take part in a rape, and the raising of the awareness of rape culture is helping prevent rape amongst the young and stupid, why do you care when people discuss it at all? Shouldn't you just say "welp, that's not about me!" and move on?
originally posted by: ladyvalkyrie
MAYBE this rape culture movement could put it into the heads of these guys' peers to pressure THEM not to do stuff like this. Maybe. Hopefully.
So if a man gets mugged, its his own fault? That's rape culture talkin'. You put the blame where it belongs, and it never belongs on the victim. The point of rape culture awareness is that we should be aspiring to be better as a whole. It doesn't matter whether YOU wouldn't personally commit a mugging or a rape yourself: we need to blame and shame the perpetrators ALWAYS, and the victims NEVER.
originally posted by: thinline
Common sense taught some of us, if you do action X, then the odds of something bad happening to you increases. The only problem in today's society, people think that their actions should only have the outcome that they want. If they don't get that outcome, it's someone else's fault
Maybe you are confused about what "rape culture" actually is. You seem to be approaching it as a "culture full of rape" when the concept is actually about "rape being implicitly and explicitly promoted by a culture".
the crime, typically committed by a man, of forcing another person to have sexual intercourse with the offender against their will:
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: rockintitz
A few months ago, while away on business, I was in my rental listening to NPR.
They were discussing a controversial study on rape in college campuses.
One study asked X amount of women if they had ever been raped.
Another study asked women if they had been approached by men in various situations. The people conducting the study then determined if it was rape.
There was a ten-fold increase when the data was interpreted by people instead of simply asking.
if YOU (the rape culture deniers in the crowd)
and the raising of the awareness of rape culture is helping prevent rape amongst the young and stupid
why do you care when people discuss it at all? Shouldn't you just say "welp, that's not about me!" and move on?
originally posted by: AshOnMyTomatoes
if YOU (the rape culture deniers in the crowd) do not ever take part in a rape
originally posted by: AshOnMyTomatoes
and the raising of the awareness of rape culture is helping prevent rape amongst the young and stupid
originally posted by: AshOnMyTomatoes
why do you care when people discuss it at all?
Maybe you are confused about what "rape culture" actually is. You seem to be approaching it as a "culture full of rape" when the concept is actually about "rape being implicitly and explicitly promoted by a culture".
originally posted by: AshOnMyTomatoes
So if a man gets mugged, its his own fault? That's rape culture talkin'.
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: ladyvalkyrie
There is a certain point as a woman where you have to take SOME responsibility for yourself and your actions.
Didn't her mother ever teach her NOT to go home with strangers? Didn't her mother ever teach that it's not a good idea to drink around strangers?
originally posted by: ladyvalkyrie
So in my personal experience:
I was in a vehicle with 3 guy friends. One jokes 'let's rape her'. Let's say they went through with it and I was gang banged by 3 guys. It would be MY fault for being in a vehicle with them?
Wow. Good thing rape culture isn't a real thing.
originally posted by: ladyvalkyrie
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: ladyvalkyrie
There is a certain point as a woman where you have to take SOME responsibility for yourself and your actions.
Didn't her mother ever teach her NOT to go home with strangers? Didn't her mother ever teach that it's not a good idea to drink around strangers?
So in my personal experience:
I was in a vehicle with 3 guy friends. One jokes 'let's rape her'. Let's say they went through with it and I was gang banged by 3 guys. It would be MY fault for being in a vehicle with them?
Wow. Good thing rape culture isn't a real thing.
originally posted by: ladyvalkyrie
So in my personal experience:
I was in a vehicle with 3 guy friends. One jokes 'let's rape her'. Let's say they went through with it and I was gang banged by 3 guys. It would be MY fault for being in a vehicle with them?
Wow. Good thing rape culture isn't a real thing.