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vaspim: cum-guzzling-gutterslut: shut up the person has a different taste in humor than you get the fuck over yourself Wise words from cum-guzzling-gutterslut. This is obviously a troll or someone really stupid, either way what’s the difference in most cases. I’m just reblogging this to make a point because needless to say, there are some people out there who will in fact argue that rape jokes are funny and dismiss it with “my sense of humor is just different than yours.” They’re not funny because when you’re in a room and someone makes a rape joke and you laugh, you’re giving off the vibe to potential rapists that, “hey rape isn’t a big deal; in fact, it’s kind of funny!” Rape is a very sensitive issue and different from any other jokes just as tasteless e.g. dead baby jokes, murder jokes, holocaust, 9/11 jokes, etc because everyone is universally aware that those issues are undoubtedly offensive and tragic. 9/11 survivors are never told “well you sort of had it coming” or “well you should’ve known better.” It just sickens me because turn on the TV today and switch to Comedy Central and you have these awful shows like The Jeselnik Offensive where you literally hear a rape or child molestation joke every so often to the point where you physically have to change the channel. And the worst part is that people in the audience actually laugh. This isn’t about being edgy or having a “different sense of humor” - it’s about being a decent person and knowing what’s right or wrong to laugh and joke about. I’m not saying I’m perfect, I used to think this way but through time I changed for the better. Hopefully someone reading this will, too.

vaspim:

cum-guzzling-gutterslut:

shut up the person has a different taste in humor than you get the fuck over yourself

Wise words from cum-guzzling-gutterslut. This is obviously a troll or someone really stupid, either way what’s the difference in most cases. I’m just reblogging this to make a point because needless to say, there are some people out there who will in fact argue that rape jokes are funny and dismiss it with “my sense of humor is just different than yours.”

They’re not funny because when you’re in a room and someone makes a rape joke and you laugh, you’re giving off the vibe to potential rapists that, “hey rape isn’t a big deal; in fact, it’s kind of funny!” Rape is a very sensitive issue and different from any other jokes just as tasteless e.g. dead baby jokes, murder jokes, holocaust, 9/11 jokes, etc because everyone is universally aware that those issues are undoubtedly offensive and tragic. 9/11 survivors are never told “well you sort of had it coming” or “well you should’ve known better.”

It just sickens me because turn on the TV today and switch to Comedy Central and you have these awful shows like The Jeselnik Offensive where you literally hear a rape or child molestation joke every so often to the point where you physically have to change the channel. And the worst part is that people in the audience actually laugh. This isn’t about being edgy or having a “different sense of humor” - it’s about being a decent person and knowing what’s right or wrong to laugh and joke about. I’m not saying I’m perfect, I used to think this way but through time I changed for the better. Hopefully someone reading this will, too.

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A 15 YEAR OLD RAPE SURVIVOR IS BEING SENTENCED TO BE WHIPPED 100 TIMES IN PUBLIC

hardcorefisting:

Maldive is an island in the Indian Ocean close to Sri Lanka and India. Their government is punishing a 15 year old girl, who was raped by her step-father to be whipped for “sex outside marriage” with a man who hasn’t even been named. We can force the president to save this girl, and change the law to save other victims from this cruel fate. We need less than 400,000 more signatures, and i’ve seen what you guys can do, so please, sign!!!!!

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Step 288: If someone makes you feel unsafe, forget about politeness and protect yourself.

adulting:

This is a little more serious than most entries. There is a bit of a trigger warning on this for frightening, inexplicable strangers, weird racist rants and the general bullshit that comes with being female.

I am over making myself uncomfortable for the sake of strangers that make me feel freaked out. I am over socialization that tells me politeness and not hurting feelings come before the seemingly basic premise that I can be in a public space without being concerned for my safety.

The backdrop to this entry is that two weeks ago, someone put a date rape drug into my and a friend’s drink while we were out celebrating her birthday. I don’t feel like talking or writing about that yet, although I will. But know that my stranger-danger spidey sense has been vibrating extra frequently lately.

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Excellent post by the brilliant Kelly of Adulting, and appropriate with all of today’s talk about rape culture, misogyny &c

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For readers interested in learning more about how not to be labeled as registered sex offenders, a good first step is not to rape unconscious women, no matter how good your grades are. Regardless of the strength of your GPA (weighted or unweighted), if you commit rape, there is a possibility you may someday be convicted of a sex crime. This is because of your decision to commit a sex crime instead of going for a walk, or reading a book by Cormac McCarthy. Your ability to perform calculus or play football is generally not taken into consideration in a court of law. Should you prefer to be known as ‘Good student and excellent football player Trent Mays’ rather than ‘Convicted sex offender Trent Mays,’ try stressing the studying and tackling and giving the sex crimes a miss altogether…

Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richardson are not the “stars” of the Steubenville rape trial. They aren’t the only characters in a drama playing out in eastern Ohio. And yet a CNN viewer learning about the Steubenville rape verdict is presented with dynamic, sympathetic, complicated male figures, and a nonentity of an anonymous victim, the ‘lasting effects’ of whose graphic, public sexual assault are ignored. Small wonder, then, that anyone would find themselves on the side of these men—these poor young men, who were very good at taking tests and playing sports when they were not raping their classmates.

Mallory Ortberg of Gawker, critiquing CNN’s disgusting response to the Stuebenville rape trial verdicts. 

Her commentary is spot on.

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