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2016 Postmortem

qazplm

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3. I'm unclear what is meant by the term

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 01:01 AM

Oct 2016

because it seems to mean different things to different people.

Strikes me that the reaction to Trump being nearly universal is a point against it though.

If we truly lived in a rape culture, wouldn't Donald be doing just fine right now?

That doesn't mean we don't have a serious problem with sex assault, because we absolutely do.

But overarching and simplistic terms like rape culture are rarely useful or accurate in either describing a problem or fixing it.

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After hearing the Trump tape, does anyone here STILL believe that "rape culture" is a myth? [View all] Ken Burch Oct 2016 OP

DU REC bravenak Oct 2016 #1

K&R. nt tblue37 Oct 2016 #2

I'm unclear what is meant by the term qazplm Oct 2016 #3

I'd like to invite any female Du'ers to educate qazplm on this matter. Ken Burch Oct 2016 #5

It sounds like you are more interested in lecturing people on the subject rather than discussing it Major Nikon Oct 2016 #17

I simply meant that women could speak to this far more eloquently than I can. n/t. Ken Burch Oct 2016 #21

He *IS* doing fine with like - OhZone Oct 2016 #6

Bullshit- there is still a way too large contingent that is okay with this shit- and tell us those bettyellen Oct 2016 #7

+1, same with racist culture... too many are fine with it also uponit7771 Oct 2016 #14

What does 'rape culture' mean to *you*? susanna Oct 2016 #9

There was never a doubt ibegurpard Oct 2016 #10

K&R! DemonGoddess Oct 2016 #11

KnR. Thanks, Ken. Hekate Oct 2016 #12

What percentage of men in American think and act like Trump with respect to women? oberliner Oct 2016 #16

At some level, probably far more than we'd like to think. Ken Burch Oct 2016 #18

Scary thought oberliner Oct 2016 #19

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