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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
No. I agree there are certain archaic and loathsome attitudes toward sexual assault. I think there are loads of excellent, adult terms which capture each facet of it. Simplifying it down to the blunt “rape culture” is an attempt to hyperbolize, sensationalize, and generalize. It’s a college kid’s word. It’s not proper for serious conversation, and I think it actually inhibits serious conversation. You can’t accuse a person of being a part of rape culture and expect them to offer a measured reply.
It’s all about semantics. My gripe here is with shit language and oversimplification.
Social media and attendant short attention spans have caused this McLanguage. And it sucks. Makes people sound like idiots.
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There are idiots all over, but you have taken a conversation that was about a real topic, and have turned into a non-conversation about semantics. You are refusing to talk about substance because, you say, anyone who uses certain terms categorically cannot be serious. If you want to have the conversation, suggest an alternative to "rape culture" that captures what Adder and TM are getting at, e.g., as you say archaic and loathsome attitudes toward sexual assault, without the hyperbole, generalization and sensationalism that you object to. If you can't do that, you are ducking the conversation and making a show of throwing out the bath water so that you can toss the baby too.
