Meh, as a (female) virgin in her 30s I’m kind of tired of that whole “he/she is bitter and, like, totes weird because he/she’s an old, sad virgin” joke, but ok.

I think most (maybe not all) feminists recognize that it’s possible to make good jokes about rape. It’s all about punching up versus punching down. The Reductress articles are perfect examples of rape jokes that punch up—the thing being made fun of is the perpetuators of rape culture, not the act of rape or victims of…

Rape jokes can absolutely be funny — and they can be pretty damned feminist, as well, as this article illustrates so neatly.

You’d think people concerned about being falsely accused of rape would be banging down the doors of the legislature to pass laws making rape reporting easier. Because accusing somebody of rape puts the accuser through a lot of unnecessary harm, people are less likely to do it. But that doesn’t mean that they won’t…

I already knew Kurt Metzger was a crazy misogynist asshole but wow, Kurt Metzger is seriously a crazy misogynist asshole.

I think that the “men get raped” concept is useful. Not in a discussion like what Reductress is talking about, but because it broadens the conversation about rape in a valuable way. It has valence in terms of discussions about masculinity, and also empowers the male victims of assault (who are predominantly assaulted…

This whole post and the entire comment section is made up. You’re all just part of my daily post-lunch hallucinations of social commentary.

if so, then he’s now graduated from douche to dangerous.

It’s so good. And the cast! Whoa.

I wonder if you gesticulate so in the comments sections of articles about black men who are beat/killed by police after 911 was called on them by a white woman who was “uncomfortable.”

I am a black woman, but FUCK NATE PARKER and all rapists like him. He would not expect others to overlook it if a white racist man raped him and then made a wonderful movie about Malcolm X. If he had shown one iota of compassion for this woman — ah fuck it I would still hate his guts.

Nate Parker isn’t really interested in equity; he’s interested in privileging black masculinity and himself. It’s really ugly and I’m not here for it. If your pro-Blackness isn’t pro-woman, pro-queer, pro-trans, pro-disability, it is NOT pro-Blackness; you just want to oppress as you yourself were oppressed.

Why can’t people like this just say, “I had misconstrued ideas about consent 17 years ago and I fucked up big time. I was also an arrogant little shit head. I have spent many years re-evaluating my actions and come to more enlightened conclusions about consent.” Why is it so hard for so many men to admit when they are…

I liked him, but I don’t see that — I mean at the time I did it because I didn’t want to have sex, but I didn’t want to leave it at nothing. I can’t really explain it. I’m not proud of it, but I saw it as being safer and not as big an issue.

When Kobe Bryant, hardly a paragon of virtue, settled with his victim, he issued a public apology that saw him saying that, while he truly believed the encounter was consensual, after listening to her testimony he understood how she felt that it was not. While that is not entirely satisfying and I’m not sure how both…

“I stand here, a 36-year-old man, 17 years removed from one of the most painful moments in my life. And I can imagine it was painful, for everyone. I was cleared of everything, of all charges. I’ve done a lot of living, and raised a lot of children. I’ve got five daughters and a lovely wife. My mom lives here with me;…

I have no idea if Broaddrick’s allegations are true or not, but her story is credible enough, and should be treated with sensitivity and seriousness.

I don’t know if Bill Clinton raped her or not, but I do find it odd that she seems to focus so much on ruining Hillary’s career over the issue. Her evidence that Hillary even would have known about the incident is shaky at best - Hillary shook her hand and said thank you, in what was perceived to be a menacing tone?…

Alternatively, why should he have to like every post just to stay out of trouble?

I don’t know seems like a ridiculous thing to get mad at.