This is symbolic of rape, which is ironic because now Offred seeks hope in getting raped -- to be immorally penetrated is a sign of hope. Even when their society's aim was to grant women freedom from rape.

Even though his words are reassuring, his power and the underlying tone. of rape still hangs. This is ironic because Gilead should be free from rape, of sin. And yet Gilead is turning women into sin, out of desperation. A utopia becomes more of a living hell than any sinful world.

since when do rapists accept a "no"?<br /> rape logic: yes means yes. no means yes.

Why would murder be legalized in cases of rape or incest?

The unborn human being had no part in the activity, so why execute them?

Murder is not a magic eraser.

Punish criminals for their crimes, not helpless innocent victims.

A stark statement that lays bare the original sin of Western thought.

Andrew Tate, a former kickboxer and Big Brother (17, UK) housemate, has gained popularity among young men for promoting a "hyper-masculine, ultra-luxurious lifestyle".

Where does Tate fit into the pantheon of the prosperity gospel? Is he touching on it or extending it to the nth degree? How much of his audience overlaps with the religious right that would internalize such a viewpoint?

Excellent article on the complex nature of rape. The key point for me is that too many people think it's always a black-and-white matter. In fact, the boundary between rape and not-rape is not that crisp. There is a boundary layer here. I think that if more people realized every boundary is really a boundary layer, there would be fewer conflicts about such matters.

I have no context with this particular case, but if innocent of the charges, the viciousness of such a public charge without confrontation or proof is tantamount to an emotional rape without the physical violence.

There's something interesting to be learned in this experience.

See: How An Anonymous Accusation Derailed My Life by Stephen Elliott on 2018-09-25. For additional context see this opinion piece follow up a few months later: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/13/opinion/stephen-elliott-moira-donegan-media-men.html

(My opinion of this essay is already biased by the fact that it's published in Quillette...)

“keeping students safe” means you must violate due process?

<small><cite class='h-cite via'>ᔥ <span class='p-author h-card'>Anne Applebaum</span> in Mob Justice Is Trampling Democratic Discourse - The Atlantic (<time class='dt-published'>11/07/2021 13:41:11</time>)</cite></small>

Ravindran, S., & Shah, M. (2020). Unintended Consequences of Lockdowns: COVID-19 and the Shadow Pandemic (Working Paper No. 27562; Working Paper Series). National Bureau of Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.3386/w27562

Flowe, H. D., Rockowitz, S., Rockey, J., Kanja, W., Kamau, C., Colloff, M. F., Kauldar, J., Woodhams, J., & Davies, K. (2020). Sexual and Other Forms of Violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency in Kenya [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/7wghn

Detta detaljeras exempelvis:

• Brottsbenägenheten inom SD-gruppen är i sanning omfattande:

Andelen dömda brottslingar i gruppen ligger kring 15 procent. Det betyder att den sverigedemokratiska överrepresentationen i kriminalitet är minst fyra gånger så stor som invandrarnas.

• SD-politiker tar ställning mot våldtäktsoffer – kan väljas till nämndeman inom en månad
• SD-politiker om våldtäktshot – hon har själv satt nivån när hon skrev ”fan” på Twitter
• Carlqvist hånar våldtäktsoffer på #mörkertalet – ni är bara en bunt gråterskor
• SD-politiker – de flesta våldtäkterna begås av muslimer
• Richard Jomshof till Hess försvar – våldtäkt är muslimsk kultur

Även:

• SD i våldtäktsutspel - Brå avfärdar granskning
• SD kritiserar BRÅ utan att ha vetenskaplig grund

Blog that is critical of the fear or disgust of men, that addresses the very factual reasons why men are more frightening than women.

"Androphobic feminists insist that fear of men is not irrational and present us with statistics that 99% of sexual crime against adults, 75% of violent crime and 60% of domestic violence is committed by men. (Figures are more equal in relation to child abuse although men are still somewhat over-represented in most categories except infanticide, sexual assault of boys and psychological abuse of girls.) Furthermore, they tell us that these figures indicate that we have a culture which normalises and condones violent and sexual crime against women by men and masculinity itself needs to revised. However, the vast majority of men do not commit violent and sexual crime against women, women are not the primary victims of violent crime and most sexual crime is committed by a small number of recidivist criminals."

https://via.hypothes.is/https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/tag/corrective-rape/

This is what Squeak's uncle says to coerced her into having sex. Not at all consensual, but he probably also lies that he's not her uncle so that Squeak would feel more obligated to have sex. I believe that man is her uncle, and that he lies like all the other older men in this book. Squeak's uncle pulled the same shit that Celie's dad did. It seems that everyone rapes their younger siblings or offspring. what the fraq?!

This is an excellent use of SNA. I have never seen it used chronologically to map feelings. I love it!

How would you analyze this via SNA? What networks would shape bystander intervention? Networks at the party? Personal or friendship networks? Networks on campus? Could you think about doing something on this for your small paper?

There was one exception: a man's acts with his wife, to which rape law, and hence the age of consent, did not apply.

So it was okay to marry a 10 year old.... hm.

she began becoming a young girl and with that came sexual rape from master