Dear Dudes: This Is What Rape Culture Looks

[sheshe2]

This week, Dose did a live stream called “Locker Room Talk,” a reference and response to Donald Trump’s defense of his horrifying 2005 brags about kissing and groping women whether they liked it or not. The video itself is worthy of pages and pages of discussion and analysis, and says a lot about the world we live in.

While I was watching, the comments made by a lot of watchers (most of them men) made me sick to my stomach. I have hopes that in the future, sociologists will incredulously ask themselves, “Did humans in the the 21st century really treat women as less than men? As less than people?” For historical evidence, they will turn to the comments on this video, and those comments will provide massive insight into the way Americans—men and women—rationalize sexism.

I’d like to start this analysis by breaking down the three types of comments I found to be the most common and problematic responses to the women’s stories.

1. “You’re only coming out NOW, 10 or 12 years after your ‘assault?’ You’re so full of shit.”

2. “This isn’t a real issue.”

3. “As if anyone would bother with [description of woman’s appearance]. She isn’t hot enough to garner attention.”





More Vomit Inducing Info Here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dear-dudes-this-is-what-rape-culture-looks-like_us_5818fb8de4b00f11fc5c4694

[shenmue]

1. Shared

[ismnotwasm]

2. K&R

[sarae]

3. K&R

[smirkymonkey]

4. K&R

[misterhighwasted]

5. Thanks for posting this SheShe. The closer she gets to the White House, the uglier they get.

She goes high

[sheshe2]

6. Thank you for that image, Mister.

I needed that.

Thanks

[elmac]

7. Margaret Mead said it right

[sheshe2]

8. Thanks

[Mendocino]

10. Can you provide evidence

that she ever said this?

[ProfessorPlum]

11. LOL

[awoke_in_2003]

9. If I ever said such a thing...

my mother and grandmothers might re-animate to smack me squarely in the head. Rec for exposure.

[ProfessorGAC]

12. Same Here

I honestly don't know any guys who talk or think this way. Well, not around me, anyway.

[awoke_in_2003]

13. I know one or two...

and I avoid them as much as possible. You can chose your friends, but not your coworkers.