The pink tabs are for murder, purple for human or animal sacrifice, blue for rape, yellow for slavery and green for misogyny.
There is a country where the leading cause of death of pregnant women is murder by a partner. In this same country, more than a million women were raped in 2008 and women are much more likely to live in poverty than men. Local laws don’t protect their right to bodily freedom and integrity; some rape laws even state that once a woman initially consents to sex, she doesn’t have the right to change her mind.
You may have caught on by now — yes, I’m talking about the United States.
”| — | Jessica Valenti, in “Equality begins at home: U.S. lags pathetically behind other nations in some basic rights for women.” (via azelie) Also: “For all of our rhetoric about respecting mothers and parenthood, the United States is the only industrialized nation without paid maternity leave, putting families and children at severe economic risk. Some families pay as much as half their income toward child care costs.” (via foulmouthedliberty) (Source: thedailyfeed) |
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| — | Sex-Negative Education and the Spectre of Rape « Sex Positive Activism (via azelie ) |
| — | found online (Source: mehreenkasana) |
If I was to steal a chocolate bar because it was sitting at the counter looking all tasty, it’d be theft. Nobody would say but oh, look at the creamy picture on the packaging. It was taunting him. He had no choice. It was instinct. Impulse. Drives and desires beyond his control.
If I walked into some person’s home and said I lived there, I’d be arrested. Nobody would say to the owners that they should invest in curtains so that people couldn’t see how nice their house was so easily. Nobody would tell them that they were ‘asking for it’.
And if I beat a guy up because he was a loud mouth I’d be charged. Nobody would say oh but look at him, he’s a dick. He’s got gel in his hair and he’s wearing a shirt that says “How about a nice cup of shut the fuck up”. The dude is a wanker, he got what he deserved. More importantly, even if they did say that, it wouldn’t effect my charges.
But if a woman is wearing a short skirt then it will dramatically sway people’s opinions in a rape case. Was it cut above the knee? Was your waist showing? These are serious questions that will be asked in a court case.
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This just happened.
via @BreakingNews, @jon_wertheim, @DailyCollegian
*Trigger warning for my graphic commentary on this absurdity*
So let me get this straight…a colleague is caught anally raping a 10 year old and turning a blind eye is totally copacetic. But if the Board of Trustees removes an accessory to rape from the payroll, that’s worth rioting over?
It’s funny how we never see these spirited defenses of people who are actually raped, only those who wish to ignore rape and keep their jobs. Unbelievable. Every Penn State student rioting tonight should be goddamn ashamed of themselves. You assholes have made it that much harder for every abuse victim on your campus to ever seek help.
