Rape culture - xoJane

OPEN THREAD: Student Protesters Disrupt A College Recruitment Event, And Are Told They "Deserve To Be Raped"

Lesley — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:30:00 -0400

Hey, nothing like trying to make your college campus a better place and getting rape threats for your trouble.

It's About Time I Stopped Ignoring Sexist Rap Lyrics

Christiana Mbakwe — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:00:00 -0400

I’ve danced to songs that glorify the objectification of women and contributed to the YouTube count of many artists who demean women with their words.

9 FREE TIPS For Improving Your Rape Coverage TODAY, Mass Media!

s.e. smith — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:00:00 -0400

If I never see the words "seduced," "had sex with," "affair," "forced her to have sex," and so on in a headline about a rape case again, it will be too soon.

A Culture Without Consent: On All Fours With Adam And Natalia In Girls

Marianne — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:00:00 -0400

"She should have just said no," people say, placing the responsibility firmly on the woman involved -- but why? Why is the responsibility on her to say no instead of on the initiating partner to secure a yes?

Zerlina Maxwell Receives Rape and Death Threats for Speaking up for Women

s.e. smith — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:30:00 -0400

Commentator Zerlina Maxwell did a brave thing this weekend. She went on Fox News, not exactly a bastion of human rights commentary, and said that if we want to stop rape, we need to educate men on the subject, rather than putting the responsibility on women.

Why Do Women Always Have to Be The Condom Police, Anyway?

Emily — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:00:00 -0500

Never did it occur to wonder why it was that I was so often the sole person responsible for insisting on safe sex, why I was positioned repeatedly as the condom police, posed at the entrance to my vagina with a whistle and a handheld stop sign.

When The Stupidity About Rape Wouldn't Stop, I Quit A Movement I Loved

Ren Jender — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:00:00 -0500

That room was full of “cool” guys, progressives, radicals even. And still they saw the world as an episode of Perry Mason where men accused or convicted of crimes against women and children were innocent, and the truth would come out in the end.

On Steubenville High School & Teaching Boys Not To Rape

Avital Norman Nathman of The Frisky — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:30:00 -0500

I wish and hope and pray that my son won’t grow up to be a rapist.

"The Answer Is No": The Case For "Baby, It's Cold Outside" From Two Perspectives

Marianne — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:00:00 -0500

Prey doesn't get to say no. Not even at Christmas.

It Happened to Me: I Lost A Job For Calling Out The Company's Rape Apology

Dan Solomon — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:00:00 -0500

Making the point that people with jobs in journalism have no business speculating about the truthfulness of rape allegations is well worth losing some steady work over.

The Illusion of Personal Responsibility; Women Can't "Make" Men Do Anything, Including Not Rape Them

Marianne — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:00:00 -0500

So much of women's media is focused on this idea that we can make other people do something: make him want you, make him never look at other women, make him eat his vegetables, make make make.

Are You Surprised? 11 Year Old Blamed for Being Sexually Assaulted

s.e. smith — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:30:00 -0400

Apparently a local church held a conference to “teach girls to respect themselves” in order to prevent this kind of thing from happening. Because this is totally about self-respect.

Are Pickup Artists Contributing to Rape Culture?

s.e. smith — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:00:18 -0400

Much of the language around surrounds the idea that women put up “token resistance,” encouraging PUAs to not take resistance and requests to stop seriously.

SURPRISE: PETA Launches New Campaign That Offends People

Lesley — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:07:25 -0500

I have lots of problems with PETA. This is just the most recent one.

More Reasons to Talk About Rape -- Because People Still React Like This

Emily — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:00:21 -0500

On the NPR and Daily Mail backlash. And should I try to go on Dr. Phil?

Occupy Wall Street, Rape and Women-Only Spaces: A Deconstruction

Lesley — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:00:09 -0500

I have a problem with the idea that the only purpose the “women-only” tent at Occupy Wall Street serves is to be the “safe haven” that Fox News portrays it to be -- a tent where women can be "protected" from sexual assault, as though women should not expect to have their bodies and personal space respected no matter where they are.

Domestic Violence is Always Good for a Laugh!

Lesley — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:00:10 -0400

Wait, NO IT ISN’T.