Rape Culture in the United States Improperly blames Women for their Sexual Violation

Sounds good, thanks! First thing's first though, let me give my rebuttal for the videos, then I'll get to your responses. Videos In politics, or anywhere really, "getting raped" is a figure of speech, a term used to describe losing terribly, or being outmatched severely by an opponent. The USD is "raping" the CAD right now. No, I don't support women and men being actually raped because I say this, and nobody in their right mind should think I do, and nobody should think I advocate actual rape by using a term that describes a situation quite well. Definitions change over time, and to use this term to describe what the current situation is, if it's not a good one, makes sense, but unfortunately can offend some people. Your second video - the Cosby stuff - is nowhere close to victim blaming. For starters, the woman claims this happened dozens of years ago, that she was drugged and drunk, and Crosby raped her. Now I do believe we should all take any type of allegations seriously, however if something like this pops up, it's next to impossible to prove. Lemon gave some tips on how to avoid rape, or fight your way out, and even if it's in a comedic way, they're more than valid ways to avoid this horrible situation. Your third video holds a tiny bit of merit for your argument, but is easily disputed. For starters, the state issued the two men registered sex offenders. So right off the bat, we know the judicial system doesn't take rape lightly. That's probably the most important group of people to have an input, and they agree with yours and mine. Now the reporters - it's a controversial topic, it's what the media is supposed to report on - it generates views and discussion etc. It's also a really good idea for the media to discuss both sides. I can guarantee you that every other news story and article about this case will be against the aggressors, and look at that - the first video that popped up is how disgusting these men are and if you look at the comments, everyone is fuming with hatred toward these guys [4]. You gave me one video with 3 thumbs down and 0 thumbs up for women discussing the men's punishment, and I gave you a video with 1000+ thumbs up for an overall discussion about the situation, along with loads of comments filled with hatred toward the men involved. Nobody is advocating rape here, and nobody is blaming the girl. Your final link consists of nine people. Eight from this millennium. However three are heavily religious, and don't even condone rape, as their quotes are basically saying it's a gift from God if you have a child in general. One guy is an idiot and thinks the female body can stop it, so there's another one off. One guy thinks the victim should go to the emergency room. There's no way to tell if he's being sarcastic or if he's trying to give advice, but I'm going to lean toward the idea that he's giving advice. Another religious person, who also was only a candidate for the Senate, so this shouldn't even be here to begin with. The newspaper incorrectly quoted Roger Rivard. He was talking about what his father told him about women consenting to sex then pleading rape, a legitimate case [5]. And finally, the last guy(s) is against abortion, unless it was due to rape or incest. So he's practically on your side, he just doesn't think growing fetuses should be killed because someone accidentally got pregnant, a legitimate point. So your "Republican Rape Advisory Chart" contains nine people who are idiots, against abortion, taken out of context, giving advice, religious who haven't even made it to office, or out-of-date. None of the current people in office support rape, and it would be ridiculous to assume they do based on this "chart" of false one-off quotes. Now to your arguments! 1. Thanks for acknowledging that nobody is fully blaming the victim. So we can agree that "victim blaming" is a term used simply for shock value and doesn't really mean 100% victim blaming. You call these questions ridiculous, yet I call them reasonable. If someone is in a horrible situation, I'd also like to wonder why they didn't fight back. It's a perfectly reasonable question to ask why she didn't fight back. Like I said before, rape is extremely hard to prove, so if someone claims they were raped, but didn't fight back, I'd wonder why. If some guy started shoving me and ended up punching me and beating me up while I was lying on the ground, yet I never even attempted to push him away, I would consider it perfectly reasonable for anyone to ask why I didn't fight back, or defend myself. It's a reasonable question to ask. This guy does not advocate rape by asking a simple question. Being severely handicapped is different than having slightly slower reaction time. Someone under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol will have better motor skills than a severely handicapped person. I responded to the report you showed me about the women feeling "sympathy" above, and again, this is one report. There are dozens that don't show sympathy. I noticed I still have the links in my previous argument, so feel free to check out that YouTube link I provided up there, corresponding to the fourth source here. 2. I don't see any way that the media implies it's the woman's fault for wearing clothing. I can see how they can give the impression like "what did you expect" but they know that rapists are bad people and they know nobody deserves to be raped, so at the very most they're kind of saying "duh," considering the type of clothing the girl is wearing can be very provocative and can be known to attract people that are willing to do horrible things like rape. Can you give me an example of a judge ruling a lesser sentence to a rapist because the girl was wearing provocative clothing? Women should know that sick people exist and not dressing incredibly sexy may increase the chance of being raped, so not taking extra precautions to ensure your safety is foolish, however people shouldn't rape, so I agree with you. 3. Rape is forced sex. Consensual sex also exists. Murder is forced death. Consensual death does not exist (except in euthanasia in permitted countries) so of course you can't replace "rape" with "murder." I don't go to a girls' hotel room hoping she lets me murder her, I hope she lets me have sex with her. However I wouldn't force anything if she didn't want it. I said "the girl could have done a lot to avoid the situation," I never said it was her fault she was raped. Considering I don't have many characters left, I really want to get into that 25% figure, but I'll do that in the next round, considering we still have plenty of time. 4. Nobody says it's not the mans fault. I beg you to provide a reliable source (preferably video) of a court hearing where the man is found not guilty because of the woman's clothing, or anything like that. 5. "Including forms so subtle it can not be noticed." If nobody can notice someone hating another person, I don't think it's an issue. I agree on that definition, however if someone is "blaming" a woman for the actions of someone else, I strongly advise you to listen to their reasoning, and if they don't have reasoning, ignore them, as you've found one of the very few misogynistic people in the world. 6. Emma Watson said word for word, "women are still not treated equally in every part of the world" - nothing about men, except for the beginning of her speech to get views and people on her side. Although I agree that almost all of the rest of the world needs feminism, North America does not. Just because sometimes women are treated poorly does not mean men aren't treated poorly. Men and women are both treated poorly, however feminism only fights for women's rights, not men's. 7. Not everyone accepts language like this. If you can give me an example of abuse to your sister, I'd appreciate it. 8. Basically where everyone is equal and nobody is mean. That's unrealistic. Sorry for the short end, ran out of characters. Thanks!