Slut-shaming vs. Rape jokes

Nov 16, 2009 01:36

As a prelude to this blog post, I should probably mention that through interning with the Feminist Majority Foundation, I've been reading a lot of feminist blogs, in order to write more blogs. Since my formal education has been primarily focused on International Political science and Anthropology, reading all these blogs is doing wonders for my ( Read more... )

slut-shaming, blog activism, carrie prejean, rapists, domestic violence, rape jokes, rhianna, feminist majority foundation

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kakkobean November 16 2009, 07:02:12 UTC
My usual response to rape jokes is, "Dude, not funny". I hear them often enough in context of my interests, like last week in Gaming club when some people in the Scion campaign were repeatedly making them. I am lucky enough that there was someone sitting in between me and said rape-joker, and even luckier that said person sitting between me and rape-joker had the sense of mind to whack the juvenile on the head (only turned 18 this year, so really, quite juvenile) repeatedly. Not to say that I condone violence, but boys will be boys, and playful pushing is how they communicate ( ... )

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kakkobean November 16 2009, 11:07:01 UTC
Also, in regards to rape jokes and rape culture etc, I think this is an entry you'd like(well, not necessarily LIKE, but find interesting and relevant):
http://transpolyasexual.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/asexuality-and-rape/
It touches on how the issue of "is it rape?" shouldn't necessarily focus on whether there was consent, but enthusiasm.

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kakkobean November 16 2009, 11:15:14 UTC
krystalimage November 16 2009, 13:46:52 UTC
Prejean is a homophobic bigot who has the mistaken belief that because she was a participant in the Miss USA pageant that she is somehow just as qualified a speaker and "activist" as people who have worked hard and have interesting things to say. But as a society, we should be complaining about those traits--her intolerance, her inability to form complete sentences--rather than her sexual nature that patriarchal influences claim do not belong to her, but to whichever male chooses to exert power over her.

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