Rape Glam: '... a developing and startling trend ... glamorization of rape as a means of fitting into a social clique.'

_malat · 2014-12-17T10:53:03+00:00

It makes a perverted sort of sense. Insecure young women are concocting sexual assault/rape narratives in order to (a) garner sympathy and attention and (b) inflate, in the minds of their peers, their alleged desirability to the opposite sex. This is the natural end-result of feminist victimhood culture. I suspect that real rape victims are not in the habit of celebrating their victimization. They suffered real trauma. More and more women seem to be virtually bragging about these alleged experiences, wearing their "rape victim" status like a fashion accessory.

To call this trend "startling" is an understatement. "Rape Glam"/Rape chic has profound implications not only for real victims of sexual assault, and for the due process rights for men, it has the potential to completely alter the relationship between the sexes. And here I was thinking it couldn't possibly get any worse...

ChristopherBurr · 2014-12-17T13:56:23+00:00

They used to do this with rehab. For a while it was cool to go to rehab. It's munchausen syndrom gone wild. Everyone wants a story to share - "I'm a courageous woman because I've overcome [ rape | addiction | eating disorder | violence| other ]"

InBaggingArea · 2014-12-17T12:17:19+00:00

This is nothing new. This article by Katie Roiphe is from 1993: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/no-means-no-but-what-does-rape-mean-american-feminists-are-propounding-a-new-myth-of-sexual-relations-that-could-put-women-back-40-years-argues-katie-roiphe-1462386.html

EvilPundit · 2014-12-17T10:25:27+00:00

An interesting take on the rising trend of celebrities coming out with rape stories of dubious veracity.

RadioFreeNola · 2014-12-17T16:37:42+00:00

This is pretty much how Tori Amos built her career. After failing multiple times in the music business, she became the rape chick with the rape song and sold millions of CD's. No proof any rape ever happened but she loved building a mystique around it and basking in the support given to real victims. It was literally her entire Mtv persona, the fragile feminist rape chick on her piano, glorifying the female victim.

In the 90's groups of girls would line up towards the front of her concerts giddy with joy, holding roses and whispering to each other "Is this it? Is this the rape song?". One can't help but wonder if some of these women, swaying side to side and envying Tori didn't wish they were victims too, so they could commiserate and bask in the outpouring of support and victimhood.

DAE_FAP · 2014-12-17T15:09:07+00:00

Just last night I was on a date with a girl and she told me that she loves to tell rape jokes, because she has been raped so much that it's now funny.

Sasha_ · 2014-12-17T13:29:43+00:00

Maybe it would help it we had different categories of rape? There could be a 'first degree' rape; that could be rape as we understand it, and there could be a second degree; that could be a bit a mis-understand (stuck his cock in when she only wanted a fingering for example) and even a 'third degree' - which could be like 'not phoning the next day' or farting during intercourse - you know, the sort of little bug-bears.

I know I get annoyed when a woman hasn't shaved, but I'm not sure how we'd criminalise that...

/S (if it wasn't obvious)

lethatis · 2014-12-17T12:11:21+00:00

At least some feminists are acknowledging some of the glaring inconsistencies in the narrative here. However, there is still too much hair splitting and hedging to really merit approval. (same with the past two episodes of "The Newsroom", and most of the commentary on the UVA rape hoax this week).

Jesus_marley · 2014-12-17T20:09:30+00:00

Remember that one kid when you were growing up? You know, the one who would always brag with outlandish and unbelievable stories to get attention? Who, when pressed for details would just continue to weave a ridiculous tale? Remember what we did to make them stop lying to us? We ignored them. We stopped playing with them. We punished them with the only means we had until they smartened up and stopped lying. It would appear that many so called adults featured in this article never grew beyond that childhood attention whoring.

CoccyxCracker · 2014-12-18T01:47:14+00:00

Once you go around and start saying shit like, Yes All Women, then of course this is going to happen. If you weren't raped you're not part of the cool club.

Rockonfreakybro · 2014-12-18T04:25:23+00:00

I am an average 19 year old male and I can. confirm that I've gained almost all of my friends because they were so impressed with my girl raping abilities.

Nesman64 · 2014-12-17T14:41:08+00:00

Off topic, but does that site scroll "wrong" for anyone else? I give the mouse wheel a small spin, which should give me half of a page, and I end up 3 screens down.

xNOM · 2014-12-17T18:53:40+00:00

LOL. This article is a Blackknighting masterpiece!!! I love it.

thehumungus · 2014-12-17T19:43:27+00:00

everywhere except in sworn depositions under oath

This is factually inaccurate. Many of the women accusing Cosby were willing to go on the record in sworn depositions under oath when there was an actual court case taking depositions. That's how most of this got started. Cosby settled the suit with the person filing it, so it went away.

ISawJLawsBoobs · 2014-12-17T14:39:11+00:00

They’re concern for rape

"They're"? Really? I guess with the Internet, we've completely given up on the English language?

Title	Rape Glam: '... a developing and startling trend ... glamorization of rape as a means of fitting into a social clique.'
Author	EvilPundit
Upvotes	97
Comments	30
Date	December 17, 2014 10:22 AM UTC (11 years ago)
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