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Re: Catholic boys start much too late.
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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
And let's be honest about why this word has become popular today. It is not intended to be a serious diagnosis. It is intended to operate as a shorthand accusation. It has bite. And it's designed to have bite. You hear it and you immediately think, "that's horrid." It allows the user to throw it into a conversation like a hand grenade. Instead of talking about the varieties of different ways people deny or downplay rape, you can call them all a part of "rape culture." Cazart! You've got everybody's attention.
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I think it's used to capture a variety of realities that otherwise aren't captured. The point is, it's horrid. If you have a problem with that, you have a problem with reality, not language.
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