Comments on: What does it take?

By: Blog Review: The Curvature « Pathological Narcissist

Blog Review: The Curvature « Pathological Narcissist — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:47:56 +0000

[...] good posts from The Curvature: What Does It Take? Cis Supremacy: Feminism and Women’s Shelters A Quick Note on Misogynistic Beauty Standards [...]

By: 15-Year-Old Victim Will Not See Her Rapists Prosecuted : The Curvature

15-Year-Old Victim Will Not See Her Rapists Prosecuted : The Curvature — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:31:06 +0000

[...] to — hell, who are paid to — take it most seriously. We also have yet another “what does it take?” scenario. Video evidence, photographs, and confessions, at the very least to sexual contact with [...]

By: Again I Ask Myself: What Does It Take? : The Curvature

Again I Ask Myself: What Does It Take? : The Curvature — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:48:18 +0000

[...] here, and I asked myself: when are we going to take “date” rape seriously? When? What does it take? And why on fucking earth does it take a woman dying, a woman being murdered, for it to [...]

By: When a Man is the Victim: A Second Study in Rape Apology : The Curvature

When a Man is the Victim: A Second Study in Rape Apology : The Curvature — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:33:08 +0000

[...] black men are hyper-sexualized, and that anyone who is hyper-sexualized is instantly construed as unrapeable, all other considerations becoming irrelevant. But at the same time, while Lil’ [...]

By: Former Detective Accused of Raping Women Who Sought Police Help : The Curvature

Former Detective Accused of Raping Women Who Sought Police Help : The Curvature — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:33:18 +0000

[...] And if people are willing to publicly blame beaten 15-year-old girls because they were being “lippy,” if they’re willing to say that she “should have known better” or even had it coming . . . I can only imagine what they’re going to do to the heroin addict who had already filed charges alleging that she was gang raped before. Not only is she not credible due to her addiction, but she has also claimed rape previously (meaning what’s the big deal now? She’s already damaged goods!) and is prone to filing legal rape charges (meaning they’re always false!). Talk about “unrapeable.” [...]

By: Rape Apologism Starts Early : The Curvature

Rape Apologism Starts Early : The Curvature — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:30:29 +0000

[...] I’ve long lamented the fact that no one wants to think that someone they know, let alone love, might be a rapist. And they will contort all logic and facts to find a way to either assert that the allegation is a total lie, as done here, or that the allegation in question just doesn’t count as rape. [...]

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:43:10 +0000

“Women and girls are declared unrapable because they’ve been raped before… sex workers… black… immigrants… poor… drinking… promiscuous… trans… disabled… ugly/fat. Because they are any combination of these things.”

You forgot one criterion for unrapability: if you’re a man or boy, and your abuser is a woman, you’re unrapable.

By: SunlessNick

SunlessNick — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:12:39 +0000

Well, thanks to a news item found by Marcella Chester at Abyss2Hope, we now know that even a conviction may not be enough for a conviction. (No, that’s not a typo).

(I don’t know how to link to a specific post in her blog, but if it’s not at the top any more, search the page for KOMO News” or “Clatsop County.”

By: All her fault… rape and the blame game « irresponsibility

All her fault… rape and the blame game « irresponsibility — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:22:10 +0000

[...] by zooeyibz on 13 September, 2008 Stumbled across a post on The Curvature which neatly articulates much of what underpinned my post Reporting Rape – A problem of [...]

By: When a Man is The Victim: A Study in Rape Apology : The Curvature

When a Man is The Victim: A Study in Rape Apology : The Curvature — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:28:05 +0000

[...] which people see this rape as opposed to many others. Just like female rape victims vary on the rapable scale, many fewer people assume that a man in such an exposed position was “asking for it” [...]