Article on Anatomy of a Rape Culture

[callistra]

http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/02/11/what-causes-rape-anatomy-of-a-rape-culture/

Interesting views.

Comments

[kremmen.livejournal.com]

Interesting, yes. Small elements of truth taken way too far.

"The things in our culture which screw up men so much that rape becomes a widespread problem affect all men to some degree"? It's a bit like the old thing about watching action movies encouraging mass murder or playing D&D encouraging devil worship. Most people can tell the difference between fantasy and reality, some can't. Most people can ignore the influences he's talking about or reject them, while some don't.

By his standards, I guess my masculinity is totally shot. "Men don’t feel grateful when the women in their life (mothers, wives, maids) prepare meals." WTF?! I'm always grateful when someone cooks me a meal and, if it's a cute woman, moreso.

I don't think any of the elements he talks about are likely to go away. Well, not in our lifetimes. Social change is slow. And we don't have to change it, we just have to work out why some people react to it in different ways to others.

[callistra.livejournal.com]

:-)
Isn't it like 4:30 in the morning over there? Shouldn't you be asleep?

[kremmen.livejournal.com]

Yes, for some values of the word "should". I was going to go to bed about 1/2 an hour ago, but read some email and LJ posts. You know how it is.

[wildilocks.livejournal.com]

Excellent post, thanks for pointing it out... :) And just because some men are more enlightened regarding gender equality, doesn't mean that the vast majority of them [and the media] still see them in this light. I have only read a few of the comments to the article so far but I want to read them all, too, but no time right now :P I do have time to steal your link and put it with another gender related link, hehe!