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Kasz216 on 24 October 2012
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Mr Khan said:
Kasz216 said:
Mr Khan said:
badgenome said:
Nsanity said:
This nut job should be thrown into a pit and buried.

Tolerance.

tolerance is voided when you're actively out to harm people. He's promoting a culture of rape, like Todd Akin, and therefore deserves nothing but condemnation (and it only goes as far as condemnation because we live in a civilized society. If i had it my way...)

Except he isn't.  I mean... again... you are a fan of Queen's blade.  That and a lot of other anime you've likely watched and liked has done way more to promote rape culture then anything he's said.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Anime/QueensBlade?from=Main.QueensBlade

Queen's blade is a promotor of rape culture.

 

It's not like he just said this to say this.

The remark came in a debate in response for why he doesn't believe in an abortion exception in the case of rape.

Saying "rape is horrible" but fetus are life, and sometimes some great people are born due to rape and that it might be a part of god's plan when such people are born of rape."

is FAR from "promoting a rape culture."


I'd posit that you are unwittingly a bigger supporter of rape culture then said senator... at least in action, the only defense would be your relative lack of influence.

 

No offense but stuff like this is why actual feminists who this is a real issue and want to work against rape culture and sexism  have coined the term "Brogressive"

We've had the back-and-forth over this one as well, and the fetish-appeal of Queen's Blade is irrelevant to the argument, which is about the role of the pro-life argument as the promotion of an anti-feminist agenda (the making of women into sex objects being a different part of the problem)

Lack of influence indeed. Because despite the media i consume, i'm out there working against it. I would figure the semester working for an anti-sex-trafficking coalition outbalances three seasons of Queen's Blade (that i never paid for anyway)

And again, to bring this back to a theological perspective, predestination either holds, or it doesn't. It can't hold only partway.

I linked to TVtropes for a reason.

  • High On Catnip: Done to Elina by Nyx to comedic effect when she surprises her with catnip powder, after learning Elina was susceptible to it. The accompanying flashback even reveals that her sisters used to use it to keep her under control. Sadly for Nyx, it backfires when Elina rapes Nyx, while under its influence!


Having comedic rape in a show that's about the sexualization of women... i'd say  that's reinforcing rape culture... wouldn't you?

If you just forgot this happens.   Well that sorta proves my point doesn't it.

 

As for outbalancing... this guy is a senator.  How much do you know about his legislation.  You worked on an anti-rapae coalition for a whole one semester.  How do you know he hasn't done things to stop rape?  You just threw that accusation out there without even taking a look at his legislative history... even though for all you know he may have created entire anti-sex traficing coalitions and enforcement groups.

At best, your accusation under your own terms is completely unwarranted and unresearched.

 

 

Though no... there is no such thing as "outbalancing."  when it comes to sexism or society... nor would that.

Anti-sex trafficking coalitions resolve a specific problem caused by rape culture it does nothing to combat rape culture.   Supporting media (even just by piraitng it, which does show an interest) promote rape culture... which leads to these things systemtically.

If you were looking to "outbalance" you would speak agaisnt queensblade and other such manga that trivilize rape or use it in a sexualizing way... (as waaaay to many do.)