I have been trying to respond to this post for days on end and the thread keeps getting locked. will everyone stop it already.
Mr.Samsa wrote:Not your fault, it's all mine!
I suppose such an example wouldn't be a 'joke' exactly as it's more of an argument, and wouldn't be a case of 'normalising rape' and adding to rape culture, would it? As such, feminists
should argue that it would be okay, but whether they would or not is another matter. I imagine that in joke form, such an example would be something like satire? I personally like using satire to highlight the ridiculousness of somebody's position, and that could include a kind of rape joke I guess, but I'd probably feel it was justified and did more good than bad.. I think a lot of feminists disagree though.
maybe I am a terrible feminist but I agree with a lot of what you have said.
I wasn't offended at all by what papa said, I just don't find his posts funny.
I did laugh at this one though:
Would it be immoral to rape divagreen?
Not for sexual gratification or power or anything like that, just because she's so annoying.
I’m really torn on this one.
I suppose I am a little desensitised with rape jokes in general, since on that site rape is pretty much mentioned in just about every third post. a year ago, aomeone said that prostitutes and some slutty women ought to be raped with a broken bottle filled with battery acid (he was being serious) and he was ridiculed to the point where he left the site eventually, so now it is kind of a meme that some people use when someone is being blatantly idiotic about something.
I don't see it as enabling rape culture in any way, more like the opposite. if somebody makes a rape, racist or a pedophile apologist argument then it is open season and only a matter of time before they meltdown and leave the site. I think "enabling" rape culture happens when the apologist arguments are seriously entertained and when points are conceded when they really shouldn't be all under the guise of "rational discussion".
am I making sense here?
anyways I know the discussion has evolved a bit since you made this post but I would still like to hear your thoughts.
or anybody else's if they feel so inclined.
I never did mind the little things.