Re: all the rape commentary
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 5:44 pmhttp://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics ... er-chances
There has been a lot of talk about the various comments on rape, but nobody is viewing the real reason these comments exist. In no case did the politicians deny that rape exists, or that rape was bad, what they did do is add descriptives or qualifiers to the term.
Why?
Simply because the modern legal definition of rape has been stretched to include things they do not believe is rape.
I can sympathize, it is very difficult for a male to operate in the current world of sex laws, a woman can be screaming "yes, yes" at night only to wake up in the morning and scream "RAPIST"
And outside of video, which is illegal to take, there is no strong defense for a male, its a credibility war in a society which views sex as dirty or immoral, and even if not convicted the reputational stain can follow him forever.
I submit that pretty much everybody already knows or suspects this and are just doing the whole "sound bite" thing to vent manufactured outrage, like when Obama said "You didnt build that" and meant infrastructure, and Romeny said "I like being able to fire people" and meant the ability to choose service providers if he is unhappy with the service received. But both were intentionally bloated to mean things that were not stated or even intended.
Why do people fall for this kind of crap?
There has been a lot of talk about the various comments on rape, but nobody is viewing the real reason these comments exist. In no case did the politicians deny that rape exists, or that rape was bad, what they did do is add descriptives or qualifiers to the term.
Why?
Simply because the modern legal definition of rape has been stretched to include things they do not believe is rape.
I can sympathize, it is very difficult for a male to operate in the current world of sex laws, a woman can be screaming "yes, yes" at night only to wake up in the morning and scream "RAPIST"
And outside of video, which is illegal to take, there is no strong defense for a male, its a credibility war in a society which views sex as dirty or immoral, and even if not convicted the reputational stain can follow him forever.
I submit that pretty much everybody already knows or suspects this and are just doing the whole "sound bite" thing to vent manufactured outrage, like when Obama said "You didnt build that" and meant infrastructure, and Romeny said "I like being able to fire people" and meant the ability to choose service providers if he is unhappy with the service received. But both were intentionally bloated to mean things that were not stated or even intended.
Why do people fall for this kind of crap?