The White House just released an anti-rape video that only addresses men as rapists.

enlightenedkitty · 2014-04-30T19:09:35+00:00

I was going to comment on this on a site but I know I was going to be attacked for being misunderstood by some feminist. I'm a woman and this video really irked me. There was a lot of "she this and she that" being thrown around there. Im not annoyed because they never mentioned men having the same issue. But mostly because the word "responsibility" got thrown in the wrong context. NO, someone else isn't responsible for you! You are responsible for yourself. I don't mean that if your at a party and you see someone getting pulled into a dark room with a stranger that's going to rape them, you should ignore it because they should be responsible for themselves.

What I mean is BE responsible and don't get yourself white girl wasted where you A) get so drunk you can no longer take care of yourself and B) Be so drunk that your like oh hell lets have sex then regret it the next morning and cry "RAPE"!! because you regret sleeping with the Dog you woke up next to! seriously... I know that I may sound a little cold but that's what happens when you do drugs and/or get drunk! you lose your inhibitions. Good things can happen and TERRIBLE things can happen. You yourself are the one responsible for going that far! you made a choice to have too many drinks or to take some crazy drugs. Lots of Rapes happen to women and men that are under the influence of some substance.

It's wrong regardless but some could have been prevented by not giving some crazy person the opportunity to strike. Because its True men and women prey on the super wasted or even encourage them to drink more so they can take advantage of them later. Its sick but that's how a lot of people try to get laid at parties. "Have another drink" wink wink....

2014-04-30T20:20:19+00:00

All the actors are men and the victims they list are all women. The message clearly is "men need to stop rape" but notice they never explicitly say "men" they say "we need to stop rape". What a clever ploy.

tehjdot · 2014-05-01T15:18:22+00:00

I find it interesting how the president has a very small shot, and it doesn't end with him. Ideally, you would have him right at the end, with a longer than average shot, because he should carry a voice of power. Instead they end with Daniel Craig. (?).

Now, like I say all the time. There is literally no need to gender the statement. If it affects both genders, choosing to address only one side a at time alienates the other half, and it wastes resources. If they said "If he or she says no, then that is not consent" Then you've hit two birds with one stone. You're helping the most people that you can, and that is amazing. It disappoints me everytime something like this happens.

TracyMorganFreeman · 2014-04-30T15:03:50+00:00

Well yea. The only card dems have left to play is wedge issues. They can't run on the economy, healthcare, or foreign policy. Their only move is to divide the people along as many lines as they can. Hence why they're going to be beating this drum and the race one as well.

SpanishGuy · 2014-04-30T16:24:10+00:00

"Weapons of Mass Destruction, Vol. 2".

Honestly, I thought Obama was better than this, but I was wrong.

And that's sad, because I don't like the current Republican leaders either.

CrackHeadRodeo · 2014-05-02T03:59:18+00:00

I wish the White House was just as passionate about stopping the endemic sexual assault's in the military. And why does this remind me of that episode from House Of Cards?.

timoppenheimer · 2014-05-02T15:17:19+00:00

Everybody who wants to fight this should go to facebook and argue that this is ridiculous and that female rapists outnumber male rapists 3 to 1. Here are your links:

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1024648106477

Depending on whether you count coerced sex as rape, you have 7.6 or 16.9% of women raping men.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/11/12/rapists-who-dont-think-theyre-rapists/

This one shows that 6.3% of men (120/1880) are rapists, and that the vast majority of them are fully aware of what they're doing, meaning that no amount of additional education (like what the White House is doing) will stop them. They're criminals who need to be caught (with evidence) and prosecuted by the police, not just expelled from school.

I'm doing this now with some feminists on my facebook. Message me or comment if you have your own arguments, I'd love to know how yours go down.

Scarecowy · 2014-04-30T23:38:03+00:00

"It's happening to our sisters, and our daughters, our wives, and our friends." ... and our brothers, and our sons, and our husbands. Just add that to the video and a few female actresses and politicians and it's not that bad of a video. While it is an outrageous video, at least it does show the narrative that people are trying to weave, mainly rape only ever happens to women. I can only hope that the word can get out about how false that really is, because that idea is extremely sexist and harmful.

2014-05-01T04:17:59+00:00

Even tho when looking at statistics it shows rape has been on a decline for over 20 years and it continues to decline. Even if it's on a decline they fail to show that rape occurs in prison and in the army and military that's majority men.

I dunno about male rape but rape of females are decreasing.

ViviMan65 · 2014-05-01T10:15:57+00:00

This video just makes me give a reaction similar to this. On a serious note, is there any way we can deconstruct the video's stats and claims into something more realistic based on their own stats? A few cool peeps already started, which is great. I'd love to do it, but I'm in law school and have finals to study for.

2014-05-01T02:52:00+00:00

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Family-Duty-Hodor · 2014-05-01T13:01:16+00:00

I was really glad to see this video of a young woman who had exactly the same problems with the video as we did. So she decided to fix it and include male pronouns.
It's funny how I almost immediately found the almost exact same message to be much more agreeable when it targeted everyone, male and female, instead of specifically targeting me and my gender.
I was fairly insulted when at the end Obama pointed at me and said "... and that starts with you." It was almost as if he was accusing me of being a rapist, just waiting for my chance. However, at the end of the other video, she concludes with "... and that starts with you and me." The whole accusatory vibe I got from Obama was completely negated just by adding those two simple words.

So, if you read this, please like this video and show this woman our support.

Lobstermansunion · 2014-04-30T17:32:32+00:00

This is good, perhaps they will have to publicly take back the rape claims in the same way they did the wage gap lies.

TracyMorganFreeman · 2014-05-01T01:14:24+00:00

One is too many

Interesting. There are more aggravated assaults, simple assaults, and robberies than sexual assaults each year, the majority of victims being men.

It starts with you

It's about responsibility

So they really are saying men are collectively responsible for the actions of a minority of men.

Title	The White House just released an anti-rape video that only addresses men as rapists.
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Date	April 30, 2014 2:58 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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