Comments on: Don’t Blame Men, Blame the Bikini

By: Rape myths, rape myth acceptance, and community perceptions of victims of sexual violence — Hoyden About Town

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:09:33 +0000

[...] an article that based rape apologism in “science” [...]

By: “Not In My Shower” : The Curvature

“Not In My Shower” : The Curvature — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:28:56 +0000

[...] You see, while we can’t blame men for rape, the reason that we can’t blame them is because they can’t be trusted! Penises, testosterone . . . they just make men unable to help themselves. So if we can’t [...]

By: Cara

Cara — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:12:14 +0000

Oh, and for Christ’s sake, when we refer to rape as “bad boy behavior” that is in fact an excuse. No, you’re stereotypical (and sexist) “bad boy behavior” is stuff like drinking too much, gambling, being rowdy . . . saying “bad boy behavior” is another way of saying “boys will be boys.”

By: Cara

Cara — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:10:13 +0000

Dan, you and I clearly have different interpretations of this:

None of this excuses bad boy behavior, but it may help women understand why even a choir boy is tough to dissuade once he’s built up a head of steam.

If that’s not an excuse, why do I need to understand why? Why do other women need to understand why? What is the purpose of this “knowledge”? There isn’t one. It’s an apology. “Well sure he shouldn’t, but here’s why he’s got an alright reason!” Putting “this isn’t an excuse” in front of an excuse doesn’t actually make it not an excuse — it just fools some people into thinking it’s not.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:55:35 +0000

While a agree that the article is poorly written, you need to remember one important point. The science nor the article ever says that rape, in any form, is ever excusable. There is a great deal of difference between a REASON for actions, which the article gives, and an EXCUSE for those actions, which the article does not.

By: Sports Rape Culture Keeps On Thriving : The Curvature

Sports Rape Culture Keeps On Thriving : The Curvature — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:00:32 +0000

[...] Because, you know, she was a “prick tease.” What did she expect going there, and you know how guys are. No one else challenged her, including the professor, who was female. I ended up just switching [...]

By: Feministe » Men: Still Trying. Oh How They Try!

Feministe » Men: Still Trying. Oh How They Try! — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:24:26 +0000

[...] out the guy’s writing, but it seems to keep finding me. Recently, I called him out on being a rape apologist asshole. By comparison, his latest offense is rather minor, but it’s still sexist and obnoxious as [...]

By: Men: Still Trying. Oh How They Try! : The Curvature

Men: Still Trying. Oh How They Try! : The Curvature — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:24:06 +0000

By: ravi

ravi — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:52:51 +0000

i am sure the author of this article will enjoy and like to say that “men are week”, if some one didn’t use this article for justifying the rape. I know many women who said like that, they didn’t agree that, if the same study conducted on women the result is analogous to the result of original study. Now it is used against men, so they are going for the for the same study on women give similar result kinda argument…

Anyway, it is a dumb thing to justify rape by showing these type studies.

By: V

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:46:18 +0000

The problem is that it’s just as unfair to men. I mean, men can’t be both the ones in power, with money and weapons and businesses and control AND be unable to act in a normal manner when faced with a pair of media sexualized breasts or other visual stimulus.

Funny how a similar emotional instability and poor decision making argument (that of women’s moods and menstruation) has been enough to keep women out of positions of power for decades…. or, really , not so funny.