Apple needs to update their dictionary...

fallschirmjaeger · 2013-05-10T07:24:45+00:00

Apple? Or the New Oxford American Dictionary?

TheSacredParsnip · 2013-05-10T12:49:57+00:00

It seems like this shows why rape numbers are so skewed toward women. Men are still treated as if they can't be raped.

typhonblue · 2013-05-10T07:32:28+00:00

Mary Koss was here.

Richard1018 · 2013-05-10T12:12:49+00:00

I just emailed them

AlexReynard · 2013-05-10T10:21:58+00:00

I am seriously contemplating calling Apple tech support about this.

LeWhisp · 2013-05-10T13:27:20+00:00

I guess it depends on how they define rape. If they are basing it in the legal definition of rape then that varies from country to country.

In the UK only a man can rape (according to the law) as it requires a penis, but in other parts of the world rape is a much broader term.

It would be a better definition if it made that clear.

isaackleiner · 2013-05-10T14:27:13+00:00

The definition also skirts around the notion of rape possibly being the result of coercion without physical violence, eg: "Have sex with me or you're fired/denied promotion, etc."

theskepticalidealist · 2013-05-10T16:06:53+00:00

And people wonder why "only men rape"....

xereeto · 2013-05-10T16:15:32+00:00

Well, in the UK at least, this is the correct legal definition. Women cannot rape men, since penetration (by a penis) is required. When a woman forces a man to have sex, the crime is sexual assault.

I don't agree with this definition, but that's what the law says.

ColdDuckButter · 2013-05-10T16:30:16+00:00

Yeah I just checked. They changed it to "typically committed by a man". Huh. So much for an objective definition of a word. This is like: Dinner (Din-NeR): A meal typically made by a woman for her man or family. How would the feminazi's like that one? Shit the internet would have imploded with their rage.

EDIT: Spelling (Mean-->Meal)

letmusicring · 2013-05-10T12:01:54+00:00

I see it differently.

MCRiviere · 2013-05-10T16:49:37+00:00

I wonder if you could sue for this type of slander.

mycophycophyta · 2013-05-10T20:54:14+00:00

Oxford changed it to "typically committed by a man." Still not perfect, but nothing to really complain about. Your software is out of date.

2013-05-11T03:37:52+00:00

BOYCOTT APPLE!

Rusty_shoe · 2013-05-11T04:43:09+00:00

Also an incorrect use of the word "their". Should be "his or her".

c-macmcawesome · 2013-05-11T11:31:14+00:00

Okay, as a guy, I was pissed off about this as well. But upon further research, Rape is actually only comitted by guys. By the word of the law, rape can be only comitted by guys, and if the equivalent is done by a woman it is known as Sexual Abuse. Fucked me off, and to this day I still don't get it, but according to the law, this is how it is

Source: Family member is a lawyer, acted on this before

bizarrehorsecreature · 2013-05-11T12:06:51+00:00

i cant agree with you guys on this one, this is man as in a mankind but not man as in male human. It is still however wrong, since if a deer committed rape it would still be a rape, but i dont see anywhere which says that it is referring to the male gender.

Arcas0 · 2013-05-12T00:07:51+00:00

Cismale and Genderqueer and Shitlord should be added too.

AustNerevar · 2013-05-10T17:01:58+00:00

Apple is thd devil for a lot of other reasons too.

I'm pretty sure that Apple, Disney, and EA are all owned by the same evil demon.

BeautifulLieyes · 2013-05-10T15:07:25+00:00

That, uh.... That.

einexile · 2013-05-10T19:19:08+00:00

Just because I jammed my penis inside of you while you were passed out in the stairwell doesn't give you the right to steal my agency and force-identify me as male.

throw_me_away_baby · 2013-05-10T12:50:10+00:00

Hey now don't be so hard on apple, there are some countries where rape can only be committed by a man, by law. If a woman does it it's sexual assault :)

esuatac · 2013-05-10T16:36:17+00:00

Ugh why were you looking up the word rape?

Title	Apple needs to update their dictionary...
Author	matthewmora
Upvotes	1156
Comments	89
Date	May 10, 2013 4:18 AM UTC (13 years ago)
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