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giftedgirl77

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29. Personally as a 36 yr old mother of 2 sons & aunt

Reply to libodem (Original post)

Fri Jan 10, 2014, 09:45 PM

Jan 2014

of 2 teenage nieces one of whom I am sharing in the duties of raising, I think the term rape culture is abused (especially on DU) which is why I stay out of many of these debates.

It was blown out of proportion a few months ago within the Robin Thicke song Blurred Lines, apparently that was advocating rape somehow. But what people fail to understand is the different cultures & age groups as a whole when it comes to things like that.

Stubenville, the rape case in MT where the guy got like 30 days demonstrate the best idea of what I would consider a "rape culture". I would consider it an environment that breeds a culture where rape & sexual violence is acceptable.

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I confess I don't understand "rape culture" [View all] libodem Jan 2014 OP

It's a HoF invention. Atman Jan 2014 #1

I went googling libodem Jan 2014 #2

There is a commenter there tosh Jan 2014 #3

I scrolled down to read them libodem Jan 2014 #5

Completely false BainsBane Jan 2014 #11

You could not have demonstrated your lack of empathy any more clearly. redqueen Jan 2014 #13

Oh, surprise! Redqueen is going to call me a pig again! Atman Jan 2014 #14

"My comment was not about rape or rape culture." redqueen Jan 2014 #15

I am sorry to budge in here but you did say rape culture is a hof invention. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #27

some of us are actually aware of your speech. given your statement, it is easily understood why niyad Jan 2014 #24

I think a good argument can be made for it rrneck Jan 2014 #4

I think overstating it as a total culture libodem Jan 2014 #6

when I hear the term rape culture Niceguy1 Jan 2014 #7

Sudan the DRC BlueToTheBone Jan 2014 #8

Same here libodem Jan 2014 #9

That was also the era of "playing hard-to-get" which I always thought was insane. arcane1 Jan 2014 #32

Any time I see the word rrneck Jan 2014 #10

I find the basic Wikipedia definition of rape culture instructive BainsBane Jan 2014 #12

I find it kind of fascinating... Atman Jan 2014 #16

I would guess more people are ignoring you rather than have you on ignore. Do you think people seaglass Jan 2014 #17

I had forgotten that BainsBane Jan 2014 #20

I'm not likely to ever forget it but only bring it up when the poster starts the poor innocent me/ seaglass Jan 2014 #21

Ugh. I forgot about that. redqueen Jan 2014 #22

Well I was wrong then - it seems people did forget, sad for the poster that I didn't. LOL. n/t seaglass Jan 2014 #23

Yes. we in HOF actually read BainsBane Jan 2014 #18

My "insistence that women's rights be restricted to abortions"??!! Atman Jan 2014 #19

done more than 99%? I am so very impressed that you know how all the posters on DU spend niyad Jan 2014 #26

you are perfectly free to post about all those areas that you feel are being ignored. niyad Jan 2014 #25

having skimmed through just part of that (need strong drink to finish the usual claptrap), can niyad Jan 2014 #28

Personally as a 36 yr old mother of 2 sons & aunt giftedgirl77 Jan 2014 #29

what is rape culture? answered by women against violence against women niyad Jan 2014 #30

a very interesting article here on rape culture and victim control/rapist control niyad Jan 2014 #31