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In reply to the discussion: There's a lot of pushback when you point out and challenge examples of rape culture... [View all]el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)7. I think primal tales such as Beauty and the Beast have more than one meaning
Consuming media critically is something everybody needs to learn how to do. On the other hand pretending that there is one "real" interpretation of media is potentially just as damaging as looking at media uncritically. Stories can be taken different ways depending on who is interacting with the story.
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There's a lot of pushback when you point out and challenge examples of rape culture... [View all]
redqueen
Jan 2013
OP
the bad boy thing is still strong these days- with Twilight and the Shades of Grey series
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#14
I told my coworker that she'd feel differently if she'd ever been stalked. But she's young and
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#65
no. not all of us are complacent and we pay hell for it. rape has become our entertainment.
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#8
True, I remember several 'respected" posters here OPing that rapists were rare sociopaths and "knew"
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#15
You're right. I was referring to the frats and sports teams only in the context of gang rape.....
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#20
ah this is such bullshit and tired of we are animals so that explains it crap. nt
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#22
i do not see this as being mere animal. he was talking evolutionary behavioral psychology which i
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#41
no. he sent me to a site with evolutionary biology. a cult today that infects our males with right
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#47
no. i am talking about the people that take behaviors today and validate them... like rape,
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#52
I have seen this validation here frequently. It's just a few "uncontrollable sociopaths" and there
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#63
Except that whole "I can't do that" thing seems to be absent from sociopaths
Spider Jerusalem
Jan 2013
#27
Part of the reason for the relative but not absolute lack of violence...
Spider Jerusalem
Jan 2013
#43
and that fits in with some men learning to view women as a different tribe due less respect
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#72
"We train animals not to steal food or piss on the floor. " OMG, too true.....
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#67
note, i am calling it bullshit, not talking about "defense". i am flat out calling this shit spewed
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#29
i am calling your explanation bullshit. what is this animal instinct you are talking about?
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#34
this is what i thought you were referring to. evolutionary fuckin' behavioral science that has
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#40
i have repeatedly presented documentation where the scientific community rejects evolutionary
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#51
You're very welcomed. I just wish there were some way to get more people to see
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#93
I love rhe way she summarized that part of the wonderful yes means yes blog...
redqueen
Jan 2013
#73
The world would be very different if we shunned (& punished) rapists, she concludes:
marions ghost
Jan 2013
#74
Domestic violence seems to be at the heart of the Steubenville, Ohio gang rape.
yardwork
Jan 2013
#79
Micheal Nodianos the young man in the Ohio State tee shirt in that heinous video, goes to Ohio State
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#83
Yup. Just had it happen (again) to me, not an hour ago on another thread
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#81