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History of Feminism

NuclearDem

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9. It's either an unintentional or deliberate misunderstanding about rape culture.

Reply to BainsBane (Original post)

Fri Nov 8, 2013, 02:17 PM

Nov 2013

I replied to Bonobo in the GD thread and tried to explain what it actually is. It's not just the cartoonishly evil stereotype we have of rapists, but the sinister way it turns otherwise stand up people into accomplices and rapists themselves.

The ad just targets one of the worst environments where this festers--college.

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Imagine thinking the worst thing about rape is not the crime or the harm to victims [View all] BainsBane Nov 2013 OP

K&R! hrmjustin Nov 2013 #1

:) BainsBane Nov 2013 #2

. hrmjustin Nov 2013 #3

i like how you explained it. seabeyond Nov 2013 #4

Good commentary and a great video Warpy Nov 2013 #5

Thanks, because this needed saying intaglio Nov 2013 #6

i think this post is particularly important in defining rape. i started a couple years ago or more seabeyond Nov 2013 #8

The post you are referencing is MRA bullshit. boston bean Nov 2013 #7

It's either an unintentional or deliberate misunderstanding about rape culture. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #9

It's hard ismnotwasm Nov 2013 #11

That kind of open opposition to rape prevention ads simply because they mention the word men BainsBane Nov 2013 #12

Well said! ismnotwasm Nov 2013 #13

Nice! ismnotwasm Nov 2013 #10

I gather there's pushback against that ad? dougolat Nov 2013 #14

The person who is the most vocal complainer BainsBane Nov 2013 #15

The "drunk sex isn't rape" line is disingenuous anyway. nomorenomore08 Nov 2013 #16

it is a laughable position MadrasT Nov 2013 #17

Supposedly distorting words BainsBane Nov 2013 #18

K&R! smirkymonkey Nov 2013 #19