Does 'rape culture' accurately describe (many) societies?

Where do you get that from, that I might have anything to throw doubt on something like that? I think you may have misunderstood my post, and derived from it the exact opposite of what I was saying. See again the portion from my post that you quoted, and indeed highlighted yourself with bold font. I agree that specific ills associated with porn are ...well, not good; and that such specifics need to be addressed, absolutely. And I particularly mentioned the impact on underage kids --- that I think you and I discussed in this thread some days back --- as one specific instance.

(Where I expect we disagree as far as that, although that was not part of my post, is what to do about that harm to kids. I'd suggest taking measures to: one, ensure as far as possible that these don't reach underage kids; and, two, build up their defenses to this sort of thing through better sex education, and indeed clear discussion about porn itself ---- by making clear to them that this is fiction, and just like seeing movie stars jump out of buildings might be fun (for some), but only an idiot jumps from tall buildings IRL, likewise porn also is fiction, to be enjoyed by adults who are so inclined, but strictly as fiction. ...You, on the other hand, clearly favor more draconian measures: I think you've actually suggested getting rid of porn altogether. And that's a measure I disagree with completely. (But again, that's separate from what you seem to have read into my post, and what you're talking about here.)
Ensuring children don't stumble on this stuff isn't happening.

It's fiction? Comparing it with stars jumping out of buildings isn't like for like. Porn actors are having real sex.

Sure we should be proscribing porn.
 
Future SecDef Hegseth is certainly part of the Rape Culture:

While he was a student at Princeton in 2002, Hegseth was the publisher of the Princeton Tory, a right-wing student newspaper. In the September 2002 edition of the publication, flagged for Popular Information by Will Davis of Arc Initiatives, Hegseth published a column that claimed having intercourse with an unconscious woman was not rape. The columnist claimed that rape required both the failure to consent and "duress," and women who are passed out cannot experience "duress"

 
Future SecDef Hegseth is certainly part of the Rape Culture:



I'm sure Poem is going to care more about people like Hesgeth, Gaetz, Kavanaugh and T****y who (to be charitable to them) can be described as probable rapists more than sensationalist bleatings about how the internet is fuelling rape.

Right?
 
I'm sure Poem is going to care more about people like Hesgeth, Gaetz, Kavanaugh and T****y who (to be charitable to them) can be described as probable rapists more than sensationalist bleatings about how the internet is fuelling rape.

Right?
No, not right.
 
Among the nearly two dozen defendants who testified during the trial's first seven weeks was Ahmed T. — French defendants’ full last names are generally withheld until conviction. The married plumber with three kids and five grandchildren said he wasn’t particularly alarmed that Pelicot wasn't moving when he visited her and her now-ex-husband's house in the small Provence town of Mazan in 2019.

It reminded him of porn he had watched featuring women who “pretend to be asleep and don’t react,” he said.
 
Céline Piques, a spokesperson of the feminist group Osez le Féminisme!, or Dare Feminism!, said...hundreds of videos of men having sex with seemingly passed out women can be found online...
 
Among the nearly two dozen defendants who testified during the trial's first seven weeks was Ahmed T. — French defendants’ full last names are generally withheld until conviction. The married plumber with three kids and five grandchildren said he wasn’t particularly alarmed that Pelicot wasn't moving when he visited her and her now-ex-husband's house in the small Provence town of Mazan in 2019.

It reminded him of porn he had watched featuring women who “pretend to be asleep and don’t react,” he said.
First, you really should link to your sources. Second, I've said for quite some time that there's a rape culture in Islamic societies. Even though this seems to have happened in France, the name suggests that this may be part of Islamic culture more than French culture. And while porn is an easy scapegoat for his behavior, I'm skeptical that's the true source of the problem. It's politically incorrect to blame the regressive view of sexuality in Muslim societies, but I bet that's a much bigger factor.
 
Elon Musk is a pornographer.
I assume you're saying this because X (twitter) accounts are used to post pornographic material.

If so, that's a pretty low bar for the label, and not of much use.
 
First, you really should link to your sources. Second, I've said for quite some time that there's a rape culture in Islamic societies. Even though this seems to have happened in France, the name suggests that this may be part of Islamic culture more than French culture. And while porn is an easy scapegoat for his behavior, I'm skeptical that's the true source of the problem. It's politically incorrect to blame the regressive view of sexuality in Muslim societies, but I bet that's a much bigger factor.
Soz - the link was in an earlier post.
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/23/nx-s1-5162340/rape-france-wife-pelicot

I'm just looking now - but do you have evidence that most of the 50 accused are muslims?
 
I assume you're saying this because X (twitter) accounts are used to post pornographic material.

If so, that's a pretty low bar for the label, and not of much use.
Musk allows porn content on X. That is a true statement.
 
Perhaps you would explain the import of it possible lack of usefulness?
Because it's an over-broad definition. X is a general-purpose platform. Attributing all of the uses of that platform to the guy who owns it isn't helpful for understanding what's going on. Which is why, other than smearing Musk, you haven't actually advanced any sort of argument about his role in pornography. You haven't put the argument that he's a pornographer to any purposeful use. You have demonstrated my point for me.

Musk the efficiency Tsar of the USA.
As I was saying.
 
Because it's an over-broad definition. X is a general-purpose platform. Attributing all of the uses of that platform to the guy who owns it isn't helpful for understanding what's going on. Which is why, other than smearing Musk, you haven't actually advanced any sort of argument about his role in pornography. You haven't put the argument that he's a pornographer to any purposeful use. You have demonstrated my point for me.


As I was saying.
If Musk was anti-porn he would not allow it on his site. That is very useful knowledge about him.

As I was saying.
You are implying that because Trump has employed him he must be 'okay'?
 
Successfully banned?

Rape culture is defined as more than just 'rape'.
More banned than in most Western Cultures.
So they should have significantly less rape and sexual abuse of children if your theory about the connection to pornography is correct.

Do they?
 

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