Jul

22

FYI

Filed Under assholes, blogging, misogyny, rape and sexual assault, violence against women and girls  | Posted by Cara |

If you ever have questions about my comment policy regarding the subject of sexual violence, please see this post by Ashley who is made of win. A taste:

It’s true. When it comes to comments, SAFER will stifle your free speech and trample on your constitutional right to use our blog for the purpose of broadcasting rape apologism/denialism.

What it comes down to is this—we are anti-American, and we hate apple pie and kittens. Why else would we refuse to post comments minimizing, justifying, denying, and mocking the existence of sexual violence in our culture?

Yes, why indeed? If you actually need an answer to that question, don’t let the door hit you on the way out. But even if you don’t need the answer, I think you’ll enjoy Ashley’s all the same.


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  1. SunlessNick on July 22, 2008 10:41 pm

    This is what I said there; I’ve said something similar here before, but:

    Statistics are pretty consistent on the fact that the incidence of false rape reports is no higher than the incidence of false reports for other crimes—the percentage is in the single digits.

    I hear that a lot, but I don’t buy it. I think it’s LOWER than for other crimes. A woman who accuses a man of rape is going to get treatment that accompanies no other crime: she’ll be blamed, she’ll be lectured on what she did wrong and what else she coulda shoulda woulda done, she’ll have her every choice before or after dissected, she’ll be told he couldn’t have meant it because he’s rich or popular or a star or just not really like that, she’ll be told it’s not that serious really and can’t she just let it go for the good of all, she’ll be questioned for her determination to ruin a man’s life for what was really just one little mistake; and that’s from the people who believe her and think they’re on her side.

    It beggars the imagination that a woman would put herself through it for no reason.

  2. lindabeth on July 25, 2008 3:33 am

    I thoroughly enjoyed her post as well!

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