Comments on: What is this “rape” of which you speak? http://thecurvature.com/2008/03/14/what-is-this-rape-of-which-you-speak/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:22:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: God I love fake health centers that lie to women to further their own political agenda! Don’t we all? : The Curvature http://thecurvature.com/2008/03/14/what-is-this-rape-of-which-you-speak/#comment-6051 God I love fake health centers that lie to women to further their own political agenda! Don’t we all? : The Curvature Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:23:43 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2008/03/14/what-is-this-rape-of-which-you-speak/#comment-6051 [...] asked myself once, I’ve asked myself a million times why the hell I keep on getting Time magazine. In fact, I [...] [...] asked myself once, I’ve asked myself a million times why the hell I keep on getting Time magazine. In fact, I [...]

]]> By: tdk2fe http://thecurvature.com/2008/03/14/what-is-this-rape-of-which-you-speak/#comment-3902 tdk2fe Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:23:22 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2008/03/14/what-is-this-rape-of-which-you-speak/#comment-3902 Good points that I agree with. Although I think more often violence against women that involves sodomy would be reported in the media as rape, however violence against men involving sodomy is more often reported as simply violent crime. My point was really just that rape affects both men and women alike (albeit women more so). As a side comment - I know this is a feminist blog :) And I appreciate you allowing different points of view in your little corner of the internet. I've been reading this blog mroe frequently now that it's had a showing on the feminism subreddit (reddit.com) and I look forward to reading your entries in the future. Regards Good points that I agree with. Although I think more often violence against women that involves sodomy would be reported in the media as rape, however violence against men involving sodomy is more often reported as simply violent crime. My point was really just that rape affects both men and women alike (albeit women more so).

As a side comment – I know this is a feminist blog :) And I appreciate you allowing different points of view in your little corner of the internet. I’ve been reading this blog mroe frequently now that it’s had a showing on the feminism subreddit (reddit.com) and I look forward to reading your entries in the future.

Regards

]]> By: Cara http://thecurvature.com/2008/03/14/what-is-this-rape-of-which-you-speak/#comment-3899 Cara Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:50:30 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2008/03/14/what-is-this-rape-of-which-you-speak/#comment-3899 The term does not apply only to women. Unfortunately in the world we live in, though, rape does apply primarily to women. I specifically mentioned the rape of boys, as they are certainly vulnerable. Though of course it could have something to do with the fact that men are even less likely to report rape than women are, I've heard few stories of men being raped, while stories of women being raped are depressingly rampant. I agree that rape and object rape of men is no less atrocious than rape against women, but I would counter that the two are different, on the basis that the vaginal rape of a woman with a penis carries the possibility of ongoing victimization in the form of being forced to give birth to her rapist's child. Also, this post was about how the issues of women are ignored and how the article is in fact all about the issues facing men while claiming to be about the issues affecting "people." And it's a feminist blog. That could have something to do with it, too. Denying that men are raped is an extremely different thing from failing to talk about the rape of men in a space where I have made it very clear that the focus is about issues affecting women. The term does not apply only to women. Unfortunately in the world we live in, though, rape does apply primarily to women. I specifically mentioned the rape of boys, as they are certainly vulnerable. Though of course it could have something to do with the fact that men are even less likely to report rape than women are, I’ve heard few stories of men being raped, while stories of women being raped are depressingly rampant. I agree that rape and object rape of men is no less atrocious than rape against women, but I would counter that the two are different, on the basis that the vaginal rape of a woman with a penis carries the possibility of ongoing victimization in the form of being forced to give birth to her rapist’s child.

Also, this post was about how the issues of women are ignored and how the article is in fact all about the issues facing men while claiming to be about the issues affecting “people.” And it’s a feminist blog. That could have something to do with it, too. Denying that men are raped is an extremely different thing from failing to talk about the rape of men in a space where I have made it very clear that the focus is about issues affecting women.

]]> By: tdk2fe http://thecurvature.com/2008/03/14/what-is-this-rape-of-which-you-speak/#comment-3897 tdk2fe Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:28:21 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2008/03/14/what-is-this-rape-of-which-you-speak/#comment-3897 Why can the term rape only apply to women? In conflicts such as these, soldiers readily sodomize men as well. While its not with their penises, having a rifle or other foreign objects shoved inside of you is no less atrocious. Why can the term rape only apply to women? In conflicts such as these, soldiers readily sodomize men as well. While its not with their penises, having a rifle or other foreign objects shoved inside of you is no less atrocious.

]]> By: Roxie http://thecurvature.com/2008/03/14/what-is-this-rape-of-which-you-speak/#comment-3891 Roxie Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:01:59 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2008/03/14/what-is-this-rape-of-which-you-speak/#comment-3891 Lisa Ling did a special on Darfur that was a longish segement on Oprah where they did not shy away from the subject of rape. I'm sorry, it was the Republic of Congo. http://www2.oprah.com/tows/slide/200501/20050124/slide_20050124_105.jhtml Lisa Ling did a special on Darfur that was a longish segement on Oprah where they did not shy away from the subject of rape.

I’m sorry, it was the Republic of Congo.
http://www2.oprah.com/tows/slide/200501/20050124/slide_20050124_105.jhtml

]]> By: Keren UK http://thecurvature.com/2008/03/14/what-is-this-rape-of-which-you-speak/#comment-3846 Keren UK Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:14:56 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2008/03/14/what-is-this-rape-of-which-you-speak/#comment-3846 Thanks for posting about this, I read your blog everyday but haven't commented yet. I always agree wholeheartedly with everything you say. I'm sort of new to feminism and don't always catch on/ have such quick reactions to things like this unless it's pointed out to me, so I really appreciate it having blogs like yours to read. Thanks for posting about this, I read your blog everyday but haven’t commented yet. I always agree wholeheartedly with everything you say.

I’m sort of new to feminism and don’t always catch on/ have such quick reactions to things like this unless it’s pointed out to me, so I really appreciate it having blogs like yours to read.

]]> By: sabrina http://thecurvature.com/2008/03/14/what-is-this-rape-of-which-you-speak/#comment-3844 sabrina Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:57:25 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2008/03/14/what-is-this-rape-of-which-you-speak/#comment-3844 It's not only Darfur. Unless you read Alternet, you never hear of the widespread rape in other parts of Africa in the MSM. They'll talk about refugee camps, and violence against men, but never against women. I guess rape is so common that its not even news. It’s not only Darfur. Unless you read Alternet, you never hear of the widespread rape in other parts of Africa in the MSM. They’ll talk about refugee camps, and violence against men, but never against women. I guess rape is so common that its not even news.

]]> By: Kristen http://thecurvature.com/2008/03/14/what-is-this-rape-of-which-you-speak/#comment-3842 Kristen Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:31:51 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2008/03/14/what-is-this-rape-of-which-you-speak/#comment-3842 <i>They found room for a sentence about how the men in this camp didn’t have enough cups to go around.</i> My husband's response is: "Ah...so the real problem is a shortage in tableware. Women and children tortured and killed? What is that compared to the death of proper etiquette?" It would be funny if it weren't true. They found room for a sentence about how the men in this camp didn’t have enough cups to go around.

My husband’s response is:

“Ah…so the real problem is a shortage in tableware. Women and children tortured and killed? What is that compared to the death of proper etiquette?”

It would be funny if it weren’t true.

]]> By: Pizza Diavola http://thecurvature.com/2008/03/14/what-is-this-rape-of-which-you-speak/#comment-3841 Pizza Diavola Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:07:58 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2008/03/14/what-is-this-rape-of-which-you-speak/#comment-3841 Arghhhhh!!!! Thanks providing for the Time email address, once I stop shaking with fury I'll write them, too. I can't believe that an article about the atrocities in Darfur would leave out rape! I understand that generally, the MSM doesn't like to talk about rape except in vary specific circumstances, but in an article about freaking horrors, how do they leave out <a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AFR54/076/2004/en/3555ed88-a3a4-11dc-9d08-f145a8145d2b/afr540762004en.html" rel="nofollow">genocidal war crimes</a>? Arghhhhh!!!! Thanks providing for the Time email address, once I stop shaking with fury I’ll write them, too.

I can’t believe that an article about the atrocities in Darfur would leave out rape! I understand that generally, the MSM doesn’t like to talk about rape except in vary specific circumstances, but in an article about freaking horrors, how do they leave out genocidal war crimes?

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