Nah. Trump survived the Access Hollywood tape with those voters.
The patriarchial view is that sexual assault and rape are natural results of "human nature." In other words, it doesn't bother them.
In fact, rape is a means of asserting patriarchial power.
https://twitter.com/andrew_lessman/status/1339620062903332865
The patriarchial view is that sexual assault and rape are natural results of "human nature." In other words, it doesn't bother them.
In fact, rape is a means of asserting patriarchial power.
My generation learned that rape is a means of asserting patriarchal power from ⤵️
You could see it play out in the Kavanaugh hearings, particularly in the right-wing defense of Kavanaugh.
I have a thread about that somewhere . . .
You could see it play out in the Kavanaugh hearings, particularly in the right-wing defense of Kavanaugh.
I have a thread about that somewhere . . .
Here it is:
(If you wonder how I find my stuff so fast, it's all filed and categorized on my blog. Me = 🤓)
https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1044239602477723648
(If you wonder how I find my stuff so fast, it's all filed and categorized on my blog. Me = 🤓)
Rape is an unusual crime in that there is almost always room to deny.
"She consented" is a defense.
Until recently, a woman's sexual past was also a defense.
In the 19th century, a woman was not considered competent to testify in court.
"She consented" is a defense.
Until recently, a woman's sexual past was also a defense.
In the 19th century, a woman was not considered competent to testify in court.
https://twitter.com/RedRedSuit/status/1339624026281369602
Here is Ann Coulter offering the modern-day method of discounting a woman's testimony⤵️
A woman's "accusation" is actually her testimony. Testimony is evidence, to be weighed like any other evidence.
Coulter dismisses a woman's word.
A woman's "accusation" is actually her testimony. Testimony is evidence, to be weighed like any other evidence.
Coulter dismisses a woman's word.
https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter/status/1043911526279712768
There are, however, rapes that were always prosecuted.
If a White woman accused a Black man of rape, that pretty much settled it. He was convicted.
So, yes, I slightly misspoke when I said they were "cool" with rape.
Some rapes are not tolerated.
If a White woman accused a Black man of rape, that pretty much settled it. He was convicted.
So, yes, I slightly misspoke when I said they were "cool" with rape.
Some rapes are not tolerated.
https://twitter.com/RedRedSuit/status/1339625623942119424
But the rapes are evaluated within the context of the hierarchy.
A powerful white man accused of rape was treated differently from a poor Black man.
Similarly who was raped or assaulted mattered.
Even after the Civil War, rape of a Black woman wasn't recognized as a crime.
A powerful white man accused of rape was treated differently from a poor Black man.
Similarly who was raped or assaulted mattered.
Even after the Civil War, rape of a Black woman wasn't recognized as a crime.
And what evidence do you have that it was "nonconsensual" ?
A woman's word.
What evidence do you have that it was "forcible?"
In most cases, a woman's word.
What evidence can you have if women are not to be believed, as in the 19th century?
None.
A woman's word.
What evidence do you have that it was "forcible?"
In most cases, a woman's word.
What evidence can you have if women are not to be believed, as in the 19th century?
None.
https://twitter.com/schlockdaddy/status/1339628473179021320
I'm still getting pushback against the idea that members of the GOP are cool with rape.
Here's Steve King musing aloud that without rape, humanity wouldn't have survived.
They want to deny abortion in the case of rape.
Because women are mere vessels.
reuters.com/article/us-usa…
Here's Steve King musing aloud that without rape, humanity wouldn't have survived.
They want to deny abortion in the case of rape.
Because women are mere vessels.
reuters.com/article/us-usa…
I remember when most of these statements made headlines⤵️
Not long ago, such ideas were commonplace.
Make America Great Again signals a reactionary desire to return to the past when "girls were girls and men were men." (quoting Archie Bunker)
Not long ago, such ideas were commonplace.
Make America Great Again signals a reactionary desire to return to the past when "girls were girls and men were men." (quoting Archie Bunker)
https://twitter.com/MikeEvans13228/status/1339633617136480256
I'm also old enough to remember when rape victims were asked what they were wearing.
The implication was obvious. Why wasn't she taking care to safeguard the goods?
For more on rape as a property crime, see:
The implication was obvious. Why wasn't she taking care to safeguard the goods?
For more on rape as a property crime, see:
https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1044239602477723648
It occurred to me that I addressed the "cool with rape" part, but not the phrase: "AH isn't proof of rape."
The Access Hollywood tape was evidence of sexual assault. In legal terms, it was a confession.
Like all evidence, it is evaluated for reliability.
https://twitter.com/RedRedSuit/status/1339624026281369602
The Access Hollywood tape was evidence of sexual assault. In legal terms, it was a confession.
Like all evidence, it is evaluated for reliability.
I expanded this thread and put it on my blog, here: terikanefield-blog.com/rape-is-a-mean……
I guess if I'd really wanted to rile Twitter, I could have quoted Susan Brownmiller, who said rape is "a conscious process of intimidation by which all men keep all women in a state of fear."
I guess if I'd really wanted to rile Twitter, I could have quoted Susan Brownmiller, who said rape is "a conscious process of intimidation by which all men keep all women in a state of fear."
I think one reason so many people were horrified and offended by this thread is that they imagined rape of a stranger.
Most rapes happen among people who know each other.
Date rape is hard to prove because she was willing with him.
Most rapes happen among people who know each other.
Date rape is hard to prove because she was willing with him.
https://twitter.com/Veronica_Yagya/status/1339804811856756738
Statutory rape is also rape.
I think the horrified people had a false image of "real rape." They didn't imagine a date gone wrong. They imagined a woman at knifepoint.
This topic usually works better when I start out with the history: Until recently, rape was a property crime.
I think the horrified people had a false image of "real rape." They didn't imagine a date gone wrong. They imagined a woman at knifepoint.
This topic usually works better when I start out with the history: Until recently, rape was a property crime.
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