But I'll bet you already knew that, didn't you? That's what college student Anna Eskamani declared here.
Anna's evidence?
Why, rape culture -- and the following are her examples -- oozes from our favorite films "like Observe and Report," and our favorite video games "like Grand Theft Auto," not to mention our "everyday conversations with the all-too-common phrase of 'I totally raped that quiz.'"
"With examples like these," Anna explains, "I find it incredibly frustrating that there are those who still refuse to acknowledge the existence of rape culture."
From the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans, white with foam . . . foam, no doubt, manufactured by some vile sailor's ejaculation . . . rape culture is everywhere!
Where to start? Let's see: "Observe and Report" came out 2 1/2 years ago and grossed $23,930,794, a little more than it's relatively meager budget. I did see it but literally can't remember a thing about it, much less it's contribution to "rape culture."
"Grand Theft Auto" I'll leave to the vile rapists who masquerade as gamers. We all know that young men who play video games are simply playing out their rape fantasies. Me, I'm a baseball fan myself, but I readily acknowledge that the bat-and-ball imagery is decidedly patriarchal and misogynistic.
And I can't tell you how many times a day I utter that all-too-common phrase "I totally raped that quiz." It just comes cascading off my tongue at all hours. Recently when I fixed a broken lamp, I instinctively uttered, "I totally raped that lamp!" Or when I have a successful outing in court, it's "I totally raped that judge!" Very common expression.
What exactly is "rape culture"? Anna, being a college woman, obviously is an expert. She writes that it "is defined as 'a complex of beliefs that encourages male sexual aggression and supports violence against women.' Rape culture is rooted in our patriarchal society and lies within the concept that women are the possession of men."
Truer words were never spoken. We think we own women. I recently found myself filling out a loan application and when I listed my assets, I wrote "car, house, wife." And just last night at the super market, a woman was cluttering up an aisle blocking my way, so I said to her boyfriend, "sir, would you please move your property out of my way?"
And that thinking, of course, can only lead to one thing: rape.
Let's be honest, guys, we all think rape is OK. If I had a dime for every guy who offered to hold a woman while I raped her, I'd be a rich man.
I mean, what do women think we really talk about at urinals? Our desire to rape women, of course. Just last night, I went to the men's room at the restaurant where my property and I were dining, and I announced to my fellow urinal users, "Guys, I would really love to rape my waitress -- and I might just do it if I feel up to it. Can anyone hold her for me?" Four guys raised their hands.
See, ladies, men just pretend to overreact at the slightest hint of rape by, you know, wanting to beat the crap out of any guy accused of rape, and, in some cases, acting on that impulse by hanging him, beating him to death with a baseball bat, shooting him through a peephole, thrashing him about the head until his brains are turned to mush and he has to relearn everything all over again.
All that's all just a facade because we really approve of rape.
The fact that men are far more likely to overreact to rape with anger than to approve of it is beside the point.
The fact that ours is far less a "rape culture" than it is a "burglary culture" or a "robbery culture" or a "murder culture" doesn't matter.
The fact that "rape culture" is akin to looking at reality through a funhouse mirror is not at all pertinent to the discussion.
The facts should never, ever, get in the way of a feminist narrative, even if that narrative is horseshit, now should they?
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The original article reads like a synposis of all the rape rhetoric commonly spewed. Not ONE solitary original thought from this young scholar. What is it, the speech a fem-tard must regurgitate to be allowed membership in a sorority? Nevermind the patently foolish bit about how the DOJ is the source of the "1 in 5" stats.
It must be true; feminist women, being that they use sex to control their environment, are obsessed with it and it's use. It's power. And as in the DSK affair, it has become Weaponised so that any male can be targeted. It is inevitable that all sex becomes a power play and exists everywhere. Like anyone, they fear he loss of this power, thus the Rayyyyype! Culture. Same old boogy-man story.
Living in the UK, I have never heard the word 'raped' used in the context of 'raping a quiz' or similar, but then I'm not a college age student.
I feel uncomfortable using this word in a light-hearted context, but, as always, the reaction is way over the top.
They keep picking on Grand Theft Auto (even though you don't actually rape anyone in the game, the most you do is beat up women... and everyone), because that's just about as much proof as they can have of rape culture.
Also, I never knew Pierce likes to rape lamps.
I really raped this post, didn't I?
You know, I should scan the net everyday and turn FRS into a blog where I just quote college feminists.
Rape culture seems to be the one thing where single events are used as proof of an entire culture's beliefs. No statistics necessary, no studies indicating that this is widely accepted in our culture, just some asshole making a crude comment about rape. This is supposed to prove that rape is widely accepted in our culture. By that logic, any cases where people respond to claims of rape with disgust, hatred, and violence should be just as much proof that we don't live in a rape culture.
"By that logic, any cases where people respond to claims of rape with disgust, hatred, and violence should be just as much proof that we don't live in a rape culture."
But when we point this out, we are "rape denialists"! You see, pointing out that rape culture is nonsense means that we must condone rape.
Malcolm,
I live in the USA and I have never heard the word 'raped' used in the context of 'raping a quiz' or similar. I am not a college student, but I know people who are. I don't believe the woman who wrote the article never heard the phrase either, before she coined it herself.
"I don't believe the woman who wrote the article never heard the phrase either, before she coined it herself."
Why, on earth, would you let that get in the way of a good feminist rant? Sometimes the facts have to be reshaped to get at the truth!
We clearly live in an infanticide culture. Because dead baby jokes.
Sometimes the facts have to be reshaped to get at the truth!
You have just described the whole basis of the feminist movement.
The gag in "Observe and Report," is another fine example of feminists completely getting the point of a joke wrong in order to act victimized by it.
Seth Rogan is cheerfully boffing away at his date who has spent their evening together engaged in some colossal binge drinking. He suddenly notices that she appears unresponsive at which point a decidedly worried look comes across his face. Obviously in something of a sweat over the possibility of unintentionally committing rape, he ceases to hump at which point his date mumbles, "Why'd you stop, motherfucker?" Instantly relieved and beaming he recommences.
Seth Rogan's character is portrayed as decidedly more screwed up than average. His date is also portrayed as decidedly more screwed up than average. In other words, they are portrayed as losers--hardly the types to be thought of as representing mainstream American culture.
The gag, therefore, is about the fear of committing rape and is relieved by proof positive that rape has not in fact occurred.
I totally raped my explanation of that joke.
People often say things like "I killed that test". Does this mean we have a murder culture.
Eric: "Not ONE solitary original thought from this young scholar."
Original thoughts are not permissible on this site if in conflict with blogger.
Hieronymus Braintree - ”His date is also portrayed as decidedly more screwed up than average. In other words, they are portrayed as losers--hardly the types to be thought of as representing mainstream American culture.”
So, she is a hard-partying, hard-drinking, sex-positive woman. Maybe not the ideal of “mainstream American culture”, but not far off the norm for today’s gender-feminists.
And, don’t forget, while she may have complained when he stopped, she could still regret it in the morning, and, of course, she was drunk; so she could still decide that she was raped. That’s the way it is with (in one instance) sex-positive, (in another) “rape-culture-ist” perpetual-victim women.
Misinformation and manufactured statistics about rape, and false rape accusations have led society to believe there is a rape culture.
"End the violence, Break the misinformation Alliance".
The title to this post should be "False Rape Culture is Everywhere." And, there would actually be evidence that the title holds water.
I went to FSU Law where our intramural football team was known as "The Cunning Litigants." Our motto was, "If we can't beat you, we'll lick your girl."
The feminists in the law school were appalled, and someone wrote an article about how we were misogynists and our motto infantized and propertized women by referring to them as 'your girl.'
The fact was that we were a harmless group of guys who didn't want to pay the extra dough to print the extra letters for 'girlfriends.'
This was, of course, back in the late 90's before the 'false rape culture' had gained traction. I would have serious concerns about doing something like this today.
What is that Crazy Chick Anna talking about? A young woman in Pakistan was gang raped. The community is telling her family to kill her. Even though she has done no wrong. If these crazy ladies want a rape culture they should live in a society where rape victims are killed.
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