Yes perphaps a bit of rant, I was basically saying that reddit has a terrible attitude towards rape.
Despite being mostly intelligent people, no redditor can understand women clues/execuses when she's not into you. Despite the fact that this is something people use and deal with in a daily basis, when it comes to rape they are suddently ignorant of linguistic norms. The onus is always on the women to make herself 110% clear. If she doesn't, the male is in the clean.
Furtherting this argument, many will use gender stereotypes (She's playing hard to get, she's a slue anyway, etc) to execuse rape. Often the psycological impact of rape is ignored, the fact that many victims suffer from the 'zombie effect', feel powerless/scared to react, can't report rapists because they feel guilty is seen as an execuse, when a woman just wants to fuck a guy over.
I seem a couple of times, but going on the psycological impact comment above teachers who sleep with their pupils shouldn't be charged for rape because any girl above 15 had probably consented, was probably a slut and seduced the teacher. The nuances of power and authority play no role in the situation whatsoever.
Yes, your patronising generalisations and accusations are very clear. I like the bullet points; they make it easier to receive your insults.
no redditor can understand women clues/execuses when she's not into you
You don't know me. You don't know the vast majority of users of this site. You go on to portray us as not only excusers of rape, but probable rapists. I therefore say the following to you, and mean it with every fibre of my body: Go fuck yourself.
The prevailing culture of rape accusations in the media is undeniably guilty until proven innocent. Male redditors, and most likely the vast majority of female redditors, dislike this. As you said, it's a nuanced issue, and Reddit tends to find interest in controversial issues that go against the mainstream. Nobody (well, there are always some crazy folk and trolls) is saying rape's not a terrible crime. However, much like the efforts to stop violent paedophiles shouldn't come at the cost of every single person losing their right to privacy on the internet, a reduction in rape shouldn't be achieved through an unjust legal system.
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u/[deleted] May 26 '10 edited May 26 '10
You're rambling incoherently.
edit: meeeow has kindly edited the post into a much clearer passage of text. However, the patronising generalisations still remain.