by Connie Chastain*
I don't believe the rape culture exists. It's a total fabrication of those who knowingly concoct it and a delusion for those who genuinely believe -- or perhaps a hallucination.
In any case, we're told that rape culture is a particularly heinous tool of the patriarchy for subjugating women. It uses fear and intimidation to keep women psychologically unable to achieve status and power, thus enabling men to maintain their positions atop the hierarchy.
But everything I've encountered in feminist writings designed to persuade me of its existence fall short. Why? Because they presume to speak for others. They attempt to tell me what's in the minds of millions of men they don't know. They presume to tell me what motivates the general public and society itself. They even try to tell me what I think.
Unfortunately for them, I don't consider feminists writings to be reliable sources of information about those they consider to be their critics and opponents.
Another reason I don't buy into the existence of rape culture is because it falls so far short of fulfilling its purported purpose.
Consider that the number of men who rape, the number of rapes that occur, the number of women raped (far fewer than the thoroughly debunked one-in-four figure) aren't enough to keep women too cowed to achieve. I mean, really. How many scared women do you know?
Despite the reality of rape (and crime in general) women do achieve -- whether you agree it's always a good thing or not. Women are the overlords of primary, secondary and higher education in the USA and they dominate college enrollment. They comprise the majority of the workforce. They do most of the consumer spending and shape the popular culture. They're the beneficaries of sex-based legislation and mountains of government spending. The list goes on and on.
If the real deal doesn't result in what's claimed, how can make-believe -- even well coordinated, and widely trumpeted make-believe --succeed at it?
It can't. And therein lies a clue to the true purpose of rape culture claims. Basically, rape culture was invented not to explain women's fear-based lack of achievement, but to portray men as heartless oppressors. It is a tool of feminism designed to foster animosity toward men, because the foundation of feminism is the hatred of men, it's goal female supremacy. The rape culture fable is making much more headway with its true purpose.
Yes, I know not every feminist embraces the goal of female supremacy, nor do they all plant their patent leather stilletos firmly upon the hatred of men. But knowingly or not, they are reinforcing the foundation and advancing the goal.
The constant carping about rape culture is indeed making headway. The increasing reports of false rape accusations recorded on this blog document it. Hopefully, The False Rape Society will also serve to blunt its advance. Kudos to Pierce Harlan, E. Steven Berkimer, contributors, commenters and readers for their
efforts.
*Connie is a regular contributor to FRS. Her principal blog is http://conniechastain.blogspot.com/
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I love it!
I'd add that as of now, women also control more wealth in the U.S. than men. Let's see, they control the wealth, they control the ballot box (males are a minority), they control education, they control every aspect of the domestic realm, child custody, raising children, and the family law courts. Need I go on?
"delusion for those who genuinely believe -- or perhaps a hallucination."
It would be a delusion (a persistent irrational belief despite all evidence to the contrary), not a hallucination (unless they claim they are hearing or seeing imaginary rapists).
Anyway, if rapists were acting as political agents of an evil patriarchy to oppress women, why wouldn't they go after successful businesswomen and politicians instead of relatively powerless teenagers? The one area where feminist surveys and actual crime statistics agree is the age of the victims.
Which leads to another point. Not that the definitions and methods used aren't complete bullshit, but none of the surveys I've seen that were designed to show college rape exclude alleged events that occurred before college. Not one of them asks anything like "since you've been in college..."
Archivist - ”Need I go on?”
Still, there are two things that women, and gender-feminists in particular do not (yet) control: sexuality, and individual “valuations” in the socio-sexual marketplace.
When it comes to sexuality, women certainly do not have control over male sexuality and male sexual expressions (so, they often try to demonize that uncontrollable beast); and, whats more, since modern women have effectively thrown off that mantle of “patriarchy” that once kept their own sexuality (and expressions thereof) in check, it turns out that a great many women cannot even control their own (personal) sexuality. [I’m certainly not advocating for the pick-up artist (PUA) sorts, but they do have a better “handle” on female sexuality that most women do.]
I’m not sure just how the idea of “rape culture” comes into play in regards to these two areas where women have not yet gained domination and control; but, I have the feeling that there is some connection. Perhaps I’m just don’t fully understand this idea of “rape culture” well enough?
As I see it, one possible “use” of the rape-culture umbrella could be in seen in the way some women seek to absolve themselves of any responsibility for having consented to sex that they end up regretting. If men can be portrayed as sexualized monsters, always forcing themselves of women, then is makes excuses like, “I was too drunk to have consented” seem more plausible; with the explanation of "rape" seen as a way to alleviate the socio-sexual devaluation a women tends to experience as she racks up increasing numbers of partners. Maybe I’m “reaching” here?
This is a very thought provoking subject Connie has brought up. I’ll have to ponder it a bit, as time allows. Hopefully, others will proffer their own ideas for consideration.
One day, earlier this semester, my female professor asked my all-female class, "Right now, ladies. What is the possibility of you becoming a rape victim, right here, right now?"
She then answered, "Absolutely zero," and went on to say, "Now, what if you were in a classroom for class with males in addition to females or a male professor?"
Her answer, "The possibility of you becoming raped has greatly increased. It's why you need to be aware of your surroundings."
Talk about instilling unnecessary fear into the easily molded minds of self-righteous, female college students.
It's like she was saying, "You need to know that all men, at any second, can become rapists."
Nice!
MM,
"One day, earlier this semester, my female professor asked my all-female class, "Right now, ladies. What is the possibility of you becoming a rape victim, right here, right now?"
She then answered, "Absolutely zero,""
Interesting, particularly since this woman claims to have been raped by a Women's Studies major.
Absolutely zero, eh? Sounds like re-victimisation of all those who have been raped by women.
Chef Snark - "Sounds like re-victimisation of all those who have been raped by women."
Now, Snark,
You know full well that it's taboo to mention lesbian rape. Don't you know, "if it was rape, then it was a good rape"?[/snark]
Miss Magenta - "It's like she was saying, "You need to know that all men, at any second, can become rapists.""
Right there, in the classroom, with a room full of witnesses?
It's good to see that some young women are seeing through the non-sense of some of the rape-hysteria. I believe that women, like you, who do take the time to understand the issue better have a good chance of "educating" other women, as you are not likely to be dismissed as being a rape-apologist.
While lesbians have the highest rate of domestic violence, reports of adult lesbian rape are rare but not non-existent.
MM: thanks for sharing that disgusting story.
There is a reason that serious, and successful, people disparage women's studies and similar educational endeavors that explore, promote, and wallow in the purported victimhood of a particular groups: it is a waste of time. Seriously, out here in the real world, nobody takes that seriously.
"Don't you know, "if it was rape, then it was a good rape"?[/snark]"
Oh, that would be lesbian statutory rape, which is much less rare.
The possibility of becoming a man-hating, totalitarian shithead vastly increased when that professor entered the room. What a bitch!
Anonymous - "While lesbians have the highest rate of domestic violence, reports of adult lesbian rape are rare but not non-existent."
There may be more of it that many people realize. The under-reporting may be a by-product of the "men as abusers and rapists" meta-narrative women and girls hear from the sexual grievance industry.
A couple of years ago, I came across an article by a lesbian (in a lesbian magazine/publication, IIRC) about the need to be honest about the reality of lesbian rape, especially of under-aged girls. She made note of the tendency to compel the young "victims" into silence about it. She might have even used the same remark from Eve Ensler that I alluded to earlier in describing the prevailing attitude among lesbians regarding female-on-female rape.
I'll try to find it again.
To my all-male class: "Men, what are the odds of you being falsely accused of rape? What would those odds be if a female walked in the room?"
You know what's disgusting? A false rape claim is more likely than a rape (let's stop playing games about it and come out and say it), but very few men would have the indecency to say what I wrote above to a class in college.
But guys, you do know, that by drawing attention to lesbian rape, we are just showing ourselves to be a bunch of woman-hating misygobanysts.
Men who like women will be good and allow them to continue committing rape, do you get it? And they will aid those women who want to falsely accuse any man they please of rape because like don't you know all men are evil and deserving anyway?
If you're not doing this then ... as I say. A bunch of masyjinists.
It's worth pointing out that the chances of a girl being raped by another student in front of the entire class really don't increase at all just because there is a male student there. But I don't suppose the feminazi ever thought of that.
I think that word is entirely appopriate for this brand of hate speech and indoctrination.
Your chances of being falsely accused of rape definitely go up if you're ever alone with that man-hating professor or her brainwashed students! It isn't safe for men to be around perverts like her.
In the classroom setting, we were never allowed to gear the discussion around women lying. The professor, who is also a University Police Officer, high ranking no less, told us she knew that women on campus lied about being raped. But, it was not a topic "worthy" of discussion because, "That's not what this class is about."
Excuse me for thinking a class about rape education should discuss about how women lying discredits legit rape victims AND how it leaves the falsely accused in shambles.
The professor even mentioned how she knew of one case where the girl gave herself a black eye and cuts, cried rape and got her boyfriend expelled from the college before confessing she was lying.
Yet, that's not worthy of talking about because it's, direct quote, "rare."
MM,
That woman is a fascist. An ideological pig in power. Her kind needs to be removed, to quote one great civil rights activist - by any means necessary.
A woman I supervised came to me about an older woman having forced herself on a teen girl and the girl was very upset about it. My supervisee was letting me know she was counseling her through it, "but I don't need to report it because it's not abuse, right?"
I corrected her and the report was made.
I'm not casting aspersions as this was an otherwise good therapist, but it does highlight the slant and skew of ignorance even in higher education. Perhaps this therapist sat in on a class like the one described here.
Yet, that's not worthy of talking about because it's, direct quote, "rare."
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These days the feminist playbook on false rape accusations is to get all huffy when the woman is charged and to complain that newspapers "only cover rape when it's a false accusation -- and that almost never happens!"
YouTube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/FalseAccusers
Blog Posts:
http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.com/search/label/WronglyAccused
"These days the feminist playbook on false rape accusations is to get all huffy when the woman is charged and to complain that newspapers "only cover rape when it's a false accusation -- and that almost never happens!""
Yet strangely, it 'almost never' happens enough to be a daily occurence, much more than even the most liberal estimates of the prevalence of rape.
Addendum to the last post: excluding in prisons.
Rape hysteria, and faulty and inflamatory agitation propaganda that main stream media publish with reckless abandond, serves its main purpose..which is to "Victim Empower" the white middle class Gender/Raunch community.
I myself am white as a cracker, but am not part of the "Gender/Raunch" decadance of Rome.
The Klu-Klux Klan rose to extreme power throught the strategic ussage of Rape hysteria Rallies.
The Gender/Raunch community are now "Empowered" through Rape hysteria Rallies and marches.
What about the fat little white girl that scratched a "B" on her cheek (To stand for Obama) During obamas campaign for president; and then called the police and said some black guys sexually assaulted her and scratched it on her face.
Did that little gender/Raunch porker ever get charged with anything??
It is a serious perversion of the American legal community to have allowed false rape accusers to multiply to the situation we are going to soon experience.
SO MANY FALSE RAPE ACCUSSATIONS THAT THE POLICE PERVERSION, AND THE MEDIA CAN NO LONGER KEEP THEM FROM THE PUBLIC EYE.
"a daily occurence, much more than even the most liberal estimates of the prevalence of rape."
A daily occurrence would only be 365 rapes per year.
"A daily occurrence would only be 365 rapes per year."
That still sounds too high to me.
What about the fat little white girl that scratched a "B" on her cheek (To stand for Obama) During obamas campaign for president; and then called the police and said some black guys sexually assaulted her and scratched it on her face.
Did that little gender/Raunch porker ever get charged with anything??
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That particular lying cunt was Ashley Todd. So far as I know she got slapped on the wrist; no jail time.
Something just sunk in....
This is the exact reason liberal extremists and feminists hate Sarah Palin. Love her or hate her, she stands up for the tradition of family and men being the man of the house and not some pussy whipped worm who bows to his wife's every desire.
I get it now....
Thank you Connie for taking time to contribute to the blog. I enjoy reading your articles
CBGirl
Well, I hate Sarah Palin because she's a horrible person...
Why is she a horrible person?
MM
I was just thinking that the lady that said that the rape risk is zero since it is an all female class....
Should say that to the all female classes at oprah's all girls school.
Since what like 15 of them were raped by a female!
Anon- http://www.mediaite.com/tv/sarah-palin-its-quite-clear-that-we-would-create-law-based-on-the-god-of-the-bible/
The real "rape culture" is our culture of victim glorification. If you're a woman with a story of victimhood and "survival" you can go on Oprah and make your fortune.
No wonder false rape accusers are tempted to grab some of that spotlight by making up a false accusation.
Gee, and they wonder why more men aren't interested in "gender studies." why the hell would I want to spend hundreds of dollars to take a class where I get to be told I'm "responsible for every evil ever done or will be done" because I have a Y chromosome?
Screw that, find somebody else to blame for your problems.
Studies show that more MEN are raped in prison then unincarcerated women. Rape culture conspiracy theory DEBUNKED...
Hey Slim
I agree.
And it's not just in colleges the news networks and news papers do nothing but trash Men every day.
Two Women Face Charges for False Report
http://www.kfsm.com/news/kfsm-news-fsm-false-rape-report,0,39365.story
New Zealand Teenager admits making up false rape claim because she liked the attention
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/teenager-admits-making-up-false-rape-claim_100358176.html
Woman accused of filing false rape report
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/westmoreland/s_679363.html
Mom of woman accused of false report faces charge
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuar/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1646391/Arkansas.Headlines/Mom.of.woman.accused.of.false.report.faces.charge
University student accused of making false rape claim
http://www.freep.com/article/20100505/NEWS03/100505082/1001/NEWS/OU-student-accused-of-false-rape-claim
http://abusegate.mensnewsdaily.com/2010/05/07/flyer-distributed-on-capitol-hill-vawa-the-new-jim-crow/
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7120167.ece
DNA test clears American musician after 28 years in jail for rape
Just think of that: 28 years, an innocent man. What a shameful system.
""A daily occurrence would only be 365 rapes per year."
That still sounds too high to me."
Seriously? That's seems like an awfully reactionary opinion, with little or no fact to support it.
I have no reason or evidence to believe that one in four women are raped, that rapes are happening around every corner, on every night out, in every dorm room, and so on.
In short: there is nothing to suggest that more than 300 rapes are happening per year.
Nothing at all - nothing more than the suggestion.
The suggestion, which is all the evidence provided for the one in four claims.
So why should I trust the same level of evidence, just because it indicates a lower number?
If a suggestion alone is not valid for believing one in four, then a suggestion alone is not valid for believing that 300 rapes happen in a year.
But in truth - I just DON'T KNOW. I don't KNOW how many rapes (of women) occur in an average year.
I have absolutely no way of knowing.
All I am going on is my own experience, which quite clearly shows that it does not happen very often at all, and what we usually refer to as 'rape' is much more usually a false accusation, or drunken regretful sex later mistaken as rape.
But, as I say, I DO NOT KNOW.
And I am not about to look to explicit man-haters for my answers.
"What about the fat little white girl that scratched a "B" on her cheek (To stand for Obama) During obamas campaign for president; and then called the police and said some black guys sexually assaulted her and scratched it on her face.
Did that little gender/Raunch porker ever get charged with anything??
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That particular lying cunt was Ashley Todd. So far as I know she got slapped on the wrist; no jail time."
She shows the symptoms of cluster b personality disorders, especially borderline:
http://205.209.52.72/x-796-Mental-Health-Issues-Examiner~y2008m10d24-The-Case-of-Ashley-Todd-Political-Attack-or-Personality-Disorder
"In my time in the field, I have witnessed a tremendous amount of self-mutilation both severe and surface. This particular marking on her face looks very familiar to me. It is a surface scratch that did not break deep skin. It was not a mark hastily done as it was made very clear with little evidence of multiple scratches, which usually indicate a certain amount of desperation or hastiness. It appears to be a single stroke cut, which would be extremely difficult to do, even pinned down in a struggle. One would imagine that you would try to shake your heard about to avoid such mutilation and such a struggle would not yield such a flawless, albeit backward, “B”. Then there is the issue of the backwardness itself, which I have also seen before where someone would cut in front of a mirror.
More often times than not, cutting occurs because the person perceives a certain amount of real or imagined abandonment and often make these allegations to receive attention to a much larger personal affliction. While I do not claim to know anything of this woman’s personal life, I can look at this from a political perspective due to the nature of the act. If you take the political body and look at it as a person for a moment, McCain’s campaign would be one who could be perceived as being abandoned, put down, or left behind in the recent weeks. If you place a personality disorder on this metaphorical body for a moment, one might see an action of acting out such as this."
"In short: there is nothing to suggest that more than 300 rapes are happening per year.
Nothing at all - nothing more than the suggestion."
That's nonsense.
"So why should I trust the same level of evidence, just because it indicates a lower number?"
Because it isn't the same level of evidence. While there is evidence to support that the false conviction rate is high, that the alleged perpetrator was found guilty according to legal definition of forcible rape in a court of law following a professional investigation is much better evidence than someone taking a poll was determined to be a victim of rape based only on that persons word and a vastly expanded definition of rape.
"what we usually refer to as 'rape' is much more usually a false accusation, or drunken regretful sex later mistaken as rape."
While that is often what people describe as rape, you could probably gather more than 300 cases a year of violent stranger rape, where the alleged victim was sober, that involved injuries, use of a weapon, etc.
In the story of the rape class professor, it sounds to me as though she may be a lesbian trying to get rid of the competition. I mean come on. She is basically telling her class to avoid any social situations where men may be present.
It must be hard for her though, having a class full of cute young babes, but knowing they probably won't sleep with you because you are missing that certain something. I feel your pain, Miss Bull Dyke Professor!
NICK says
In the story of the rape class professor, it sounds to me as though she may be a lesbian trying to get rid of the competition. I mean come on. She is basically telling her class to avoid any social situations where men may be present.
It must be hard for her though, having a class full of cute young babes, but knowing they probably won't sleep with you because you are missing that certain something. I feel your pain, Miss Bull Dyke Professor!
I SAY... folks downplay the role that the lesbian community plays in attacking men/boys/fammilies. The highest percentages of domestic violence manifest from the lesbian community, and there elevated levels of violence come out in the form of faulty and inflamatory Rhetoric also.
Has anyone considered creating a podcast utilizing articles like this?
Anon, I don't really have anything against lesbians in general. I have known lesbians who are actually quite good sensible people, and who aren't into the radical feminist nonsense.
It is more the radical minority of gay activists that I'm not too keen on. All I'm really getting at is that frustrated sexuality (either straight or gay) sometimes leads to the kind of perverse views that this woman seems to hold.
I don't think there is any sense in the gay community that straight men are on the side of gay men, and perhaps with good reason. They are usually on the side of the feminists for that reason.
I think that men's rights has something to say about male homosexuality. Gay men are potentially our allies, and since two-thirds of gays are men, that would put the gay rights movement squarely in our corner. It's something to think about.
Let's also remember what happened to the gay rights movement in California. They were all set to win it by a mile, then in came the Mormons (yes, the Morons!) with their anti-gay marriage campaign, and... they blew it.
By reacting too aggressively to this coalition of religious groups, and engaging in foul tactics, the gay rights people managed to lose California, if just by a hair. As our movement gets bigger, let's remember the mistakes of others.
That isn't supposed to read "the Morons!" but "the Mormons!" Sorry.
Gay men are no different than straight men as far as this blog is concerned. Because they have penises, they are at risk of false rape claims, and we are all in the same boat. It's that simple.
And here is another important point, that many on the left fail to consider: men are very divided, and those divisions can be very damaging to liberal causes. (This isn't to say that every "liberal cause" is necessary in the right, but just analyzing how this works.)
The gay marriage ban is the perfect example. That never would have passed without the overwhelming support of black men. Now, if those same men had identified with the male homosexuals (and two-thirds of gays are men), the story would have been very different.
It is a huge problem for the left that its identity politics orientation keeps men so divided. The MRA movement-- and only the MRA movement-- has the potential to heal these divisions.
Not saying that men can't oppose gay marriage on principle, but I think this applies to other issues as well.
If we had a rape culture, our culture would not view rape as abhorrent and detestable.
A lot of points I could make or respond to... but the gay reference reminded me of something I came across when I looked up Brownmiller....
http://paganpressbooks.com/jpl/DTF.HTM
It's a good critique, and raises some good points. A favourite para:
"At the first gay conference at Rutgers in 1970, the major panel on the last day was disrupted by a group of women who demanded that all proceedings come to a halt. They charged that the panel was “elitist” and “sexist” (although half of the panelists were women); their main ostensible grievance was that on a table in the hall, provided for leaflets and free literature, were copies of Gay newspaper, in which they had found a reproduction of a beautiful, lush, reclining female nude, painted in the style of classic romanticism. This, they charged, was designed to titillate men, and was degrading to women. Overlooked was the fact that the picture illustrated an article written by a lesbian, and that it was unlikely the editors of Gay had intended to convert their male readers to heterosexuality."
Feminists! Don'tcha love em!?
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