article on rape culture
As seen on infoshop news: Anarcha-Feminist Magazine RAG #1 - Rape Culture. It discusses some important things about when sexual assaults happen among those who consider themselves “progressive”, and how the ways that they deal with it often reflect the same societal myths about rape that exist elsewhere. I liked the quote at the end:
There was also a lack of understanding on issues surrounding rape and a total unwillingness to learn or be self-critical. For example, for some of the discussions organised about sexual violence it seemed that those who most needed to go were the very ones least likely to attend. It was jokingly suggested that in order to attract more men to meetings about sexual violence the only way would be to trick them into going by re-labelling the meeting “Anarchists against the Occupation of Iraq”.
this is something we need to pay more attention to, and prioritize.
Ride hard, ride free
November 27th, 2007 at 09:55 am
[...] was especially impressed by Doviende’s recent posts on rape culture, masculinity, and oppression within activist communities. Also, Doviende’s dedication to [...]
December 17th, 2007 at 01:43 am
Slightly off topic but an awkwardly patriarchial “Did you mean”:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Matriarchial+society%22&btnG=Google+Search
December 17th, 2007 at 10:05 am
haha, i’m rather amused actually, because i imagine that most of the people searching for “matriarchal society” are men in denial about patriarchy who are looking for a boogieman (so to speak). i rather like the thought of those men being redirected to articles analyzing the real existing system. Despite the pop-culture characatures, i’ve never met a feminist who advocated matriarchy.