tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post2423160984836400261..comments2024-03-29T04:06:37.402-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Laura Kipnis on Rape CultureStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-78314075277220807572020-06-09T06:14:59.923-07:002020-06-09T06:14:59.923-07:00"...designed to deprive accused rapists of du..."...designed to deprive accused rapists of due process of law." An invidious way of putting it. A person who has been accused of rape is not necessarily a rapist (or "accused rapist"). That depends on whether he committed rape.<br />Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-68892340326553283622015-03-05T20:41:00.022-08:002015-03-05T20:41:00.022-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271561697618824990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-86795100650622179302015-03-04T05:41:28.135-08:002015-03-04T05:41:28.135-08:00I can really understand why a number of women reac...I can really understand why a number of women reach the age of supposed maturity and begin to think life isn't fair. Consider the old wive's tale of "A little girl is sugar and spice and everything nice and little boys are not........ For many young girls are the apple of their father's eye and being a princess just comes as a matter of fact. Their brothers and the other males are constantly dirty, taking things apart and in trouble almost all of the time to the point that little girls like to boss them around just like "mommy." WIN/WIN for girls.<br />Comes the age of five or so and little girls are taller, many times faster and demonstrate how smart they are by meeting adult's expectations and desires. Little boys are smaller, still dirty, still getting in trouble and could care less about pleasing most adults. WIN/WIN for girls.<br />Once both girls and boys continue in school boys start to get bigger, faster, and more active, but they are still in trouble, always a problem for mostly female teachers and still could care less about demonstrating the knowledge gained to adults so they get graded by very subjective standards set by female teachers who want a class who act like little girls. WIN/WIN for girls.<br />A funny thing happens in high school, boys begin to show a glimmer of knowledge, are stronger, taller and beginning to come into their own, but they are still graded by subjective standards even though they do well on standardized test. If they were like me and my son, and most are, we saw no reason to demonstrate a real intellectual capacity because there were so many other things to explore. The WIN/WIN for girls begin to diminish, but girls are beginning to master the art of sexual politic and the power to be gained by it. Boys and men almost never thing in these terms and are constantly amazed by its utilization.<br />Comes the time when we become adults and those young boys, who were dirty, contentious, and everything bad, start to show they actually were listening and learning and starting to demonstrate real skills. This in many ways comes as a real surprise to some , now, women who have essentially "ruled" all aspects of the game. Life, for some, becomes increasingly unfair and the only way to hold men back is through sexual politics and the desire to keep the canard that men are bad people who have to be controlled. NOTE: Most women mature and understand the synergy that is gained by being male and female facing the challenges of the world together. So we reach the point where for some women they need to ascribe to radical feminism because it is the only thing that makes their rather shallow lives make sense. Sexual politic is the only WIN left to them and even that will pass. Thus the hatred engendered by feminists.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-56112041431813372802015-03-03T08:08:07.444-08:002015-03-03T08:08:07.444-08:00A significant part of this would be taken care of ...A significant part of this would be taken care of this if women actually took responsibility for their own bodies and actions. I am not sure how many times this canard of a "rape culture' has to be disproved before even the moderately intelligent feminist figures it out. <br />I have begun to wonder if feminism is better defined by the fact that women are too fragile to handle the challenges of the world. I suspect that for most feminists this kind of male envy stems from insecurity. <br /> Feminism: The paralyzing fear that somewhere a man is enjoying his life. How else can one explain the desire to make everyone's life as miserable as most radical feminists?<br />Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-12706214364736423592015-03-02T17:47:12.953-08:002015-03-02T17:47:12.953-08:00What a wonderful tactic for feminism that the rape...What a wonderful tactic for feminism that the rape culture hysteria has become!<br /><br />Firstly, the feminist stance on promiscuity (it doesn't really count) has resulted in a lot of young females hooking up willy nilly. The inevitable is happening where many are being pumped (under the excuse of alcohol) and since many are well, homely, they get dumped. He doesn't call. So to retaliate for hurt feelings, they call it rape. Often several months after the fact. <br /><br />The next level up is to establish "rape centers" manned (ummm personed) by homely feminists. The beautiful are never around. And when money is provided to guard against rape on a daily basis, well they had better ferret out rape in whatever form they can possibly imagine it to be.<br /><br />And third, the most devious element to this strategy is to throw all the BS statistics about rape to the males in power (university presidents etc). Now the approach is as old as time itself - attack male pride by accusing them of not having the balls to go all out to "protect" them from this disgusting scourge of rape that has now been revealed! Oh the horror of being accused of having no balls in your pants!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17434642846841407509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-20142282745370999692015-03-02T14:11:39.746-08:002015-03-02T14:11:39.746-08:00I'm thinking the Feminist Party Line changes a...I'm thinking the Feminist Party Line changes at irregular intervals, just as the Communist Party Line changed, to keep their members off balance. If not, that's much the same effect.<br /><br />Also, if these precious little flowers can't accept the possibility of hearing or seeing something they can't or won't cope with, they aren't grown up enough to be in college. Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-53355913072296911782015-03-02T13:21:06.443-08:002015-03-02T13:21:06.443-08:00A good summary of the predicaments in gender relat...A good summary of the predicaments in gender relations and the insufficiency of means for society to mediate them.<br /><br />Any attempt to punish wrong-doers threatens the innocent without due process, and any attempt to defend the accused threatens the accuser with public shame and humiliation.<br /><br />Victim "theology" presupposes a narrative guilt on the accused, and no responsibility on the "victim". <br /><br />And that's where "rape culture" is born. As long as there's one woman who has been violently raped somewhere (say in the last 12 months), all women are at risk, all "rapes" are equally serious, whether at knife-point or next day regrets, all men are potential rapists, and the safety of all women must be protected, without limiting their freedoms, which would be punishing the victims. <br /><br />But if we are willing to be bold and accept it is an unrealistic mission, women can not be guaranteed safety unless we want to become Saudi Arabia and make sure every woman must always be driven or escorted in public by a father, brother or husband, where is the middle ground?<br /><br />I accept top-down directives, like that were issued by the Obama administration against schools to raise their standards of prosecution of male perpetrators is a pretend answer.<br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/federal-government-releases-list-of-55-colleges-universities-under-title-ix-investigations-over-handling-of-sexual-violence/2014/05/01/e0a74810-d13b-11e3-937f-d3026234b51c_story.html<br /><br />The "yes means yes" campaign is categorically better even if completely problematic.<br />http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-10-27-what-they-are-saying-20141027-story.html<br /><br />My only realistic thought is to say schools should have "safe zones" (covering most of school grounds and dorms) where contact across the genders is limited and consistently enforced, and timid souls can stay within those domains and expect safety, and those who want to be abused and bullied into next day regrets can leave the safe zones, but consider themselves as mature adults, and who want to handle the vigors of criminal justice to get their perpetrators jailed.<br /><br />But after that, its better to believe the world is full of wolves, and grandma's big nose and teeth should give given due consideration.<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.com