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Originally Posted by katsy
The US rape culture is appalling. We joke about it
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I joke about rape too, but then I joke about schizophrenia even though my dad has it. Nothing wrong with rape jokes.
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We teach young girls not to get raped. Why the f*ck don't we teach little boys NOT to rape? Society is the problem: victim blaming, slut shaming, it's all wrapped up in one big ball of f**cked-upness.
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Err, because it's fu
cking stupid? Men are not rapists, rapists are rapists.
Some people treat rape as if it's similar to crimes like stealing, we all do it a bit, everybody will steal if they know they can get away with it, the solution society uses to stop this sort of criminal behaviour is punishment and humiliation, that works well to stop people committing crimes everybody commits.
The problem is that rape is not a crime everybody will commit. The typical approach to rape is to treat it like cheating, lying or stealing. Assume that everybody will do it under the right circumstances i.e. assume all men are potential rapists so teach men not to rape
. Prevent it using humiliation and punishment i.e. telling people how terrible it is to rape and how everybody will despise them and put them in prison.
Saying you should teach men not to rape is basically saying we are all inherently rapists, so not only is it ridiculously stupid it's also incredibly offensive.