This Was on CNN's Front Page

Dancing_Lock_Guy · 2013-03-24T17:04:56+00:00

It's implying men have to be socialized to not be rapists. Pathetic.

mynameisdexter · 2013-03-24T17:07:39+00:00

How to raise a white person not to be a racist.
How to raise a woman not to be a slut.

How to raise a straight person not to be homophobic.

I wish we could focus on raising everyone to be kind to everyone.

phantom_nosehair · 2013-03-24T16:58:19+00:00

I've got to believe the large majority of people look at this and say wtf is this crap now? They may read it, but they shake their heads at the total bullshit social propaganda coming from some people. This is ultra cringe worthy.

wagesj45 · 2013-03-24T17:17:01+00:00

I'm starting to wonder if it's even worth mentioning anymore. All any online publisher cares about is eyeballs on their page (and their ads). They want us to be get all riled up so we go read (and see their ads) and comment and drive all our like minded ideologues (on both side of the argument) to read (and raid) the article (and see their ads).

This is the game now. The formula doesn't change. I find it harder and harder to care about people publishing garbage like this.

wagesj45 · 2013-03-24T17:12:13+00:00

if its any consolation, most of the comments on that were ripping the author a new one

thebeefytaco · 2013-03-24T17:10:23+00:00

Didn't know I had it in me.

nik27 · 2013-03-24T17:58:27+00:00

Stay classy CNN

corymigs · 2013-03-24T20:24:10+00:00

Sometimes I feel like things on r/mensrights should be on r/WTF

FireLordAZULaFMcQ · 2013-03-24T19:12:12+00:00

It works like this, see: when you make the legal definition of rape

The penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.

Something that only men are biologically capable of committing unassisted for the purposes of sexual gratification, the table is set for all men to be portrayed as rapists, because where is unwanted sexual contact by women in that definition? As a matter of law the worst a woman could do is commit sexual battery; for which you don't get a life sentence; you don't get your life ruined by the media for even being mentioned in the same sentence as such; you don't get publicly excoriated by 51% of the population; no; if you're a man and you claim a woman made sexually gratifying contact with you for selfish purposes, you're supposed to be glad.

This is what the fuck we're supposed to deconstruct the patriarchy to get? Institutionalized second-class citizenship? What happened to the 14th amendment?

neonraisin · 2013-03-24T18:26:41+00:00

At least the comments section was full of denouncements. Even the CNN readers could not believe that crap.

Enzemo · 2013-03-24T20:19:32+00:00

Shit, I'm 22 already and I've never wanted to rape anyone, is there something wrong with me?

orsini1138 · 2013-03-24T17:14:21+00:00

I'm speechless. I can't, won't, believe that some people are that brainwashed.

Avenflar · 2013-03-24T18:22:54+00:00

I still prefer those idiots writing this shit instead of "Poor boys have their live ruined because they were only convicted of rape."

Blemish · 2013-03-24T22:11:43+00:00

and feminists wonder why people dislike them and their icky feminism.

camisado9 · 2013-03-24T23:39:46+00:00

this was nothing more than a reaction for all of the feminists on tumblr bitching about how CNN's coverage of Steubenville "sympathized with the rapists too much". they're trying to win back viewers with an apology, but now they're doing a great job of pushing other viewers away. cnn is just one huge shithole right now and both feminists and mra's can agree (but for different reasons)

DoodGai1 · 2013-03-24T17:17:23+00:00

http://www.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/1aw5ov/the_day_cnn_changed_a_misandrist_headline_for/

Yes, we know.

tchutchuka · 2013-03-24T17:26:32+00:00

I think they edited the title to "How do you talk to your son about rape?"

Daytheon · 2013-03-24T22:26:46+00:00

Man the other day I was walking down the street and I saw a women I thought was pretty. Dare I say it I may have been sexually attracted to her.... Oh God I think I raped her in my mind and she doesn't even know what kind of a sick fucked up predator I am! I'm going to turn myself into the police to prevent my disgusting lunacy from effecting anyone else ever again

iamthetribute · 2013-03-24T19:06:37+00:00

I think the headline about how to make a winning child is more fucked up.

lazlounderhill · 2013-03-24T20:54:23+00:00

Rapists by default. Fuck this world.

Lunatcharsky · 2013-03-24T18:41:47+00:00

...What The Fuck?! I'd have guessed it would work the same way as to avoid raising a thief or murderer, but apparently in 'murica it works by "disneying", whatever that may be. Sounds painful, must be something like waterboarding.

Dear Americans: Your nation's mass media is nuts.

jack_el_destapador · 2013-03-24T19:44:36+00:00

Could someone with graphic skills make a poster with "raising a girl not to be a false rape accuser?"

MethylOrange42 · 2013-03-24T23:19:50+00:00

You may see things that are really messed up, and it'll be a real struggle to know what to do. It could be what a guy is doing to another guy, what a guy is doing to a girl, or a girl is doing to a girl.

Apparently, girls cannot sexually harass boys.

kairedfern · 2013-03-25T00:14:14+00:00

I'm a woman, and even with all this disgusting talk about the Steubenville rape case, this is just 100% not ok.

phantom_nosehair · 2013-03-24T17:31:03+00:00

How to Not Get Raped (tomorrow's lead I'm sure)

2013-03-24T20:41:56+00:00

How do we stop rape?

Either tell people to not get raped.

Or tell people not to rape.

But there will always be rapists, and they will rape. Because they are rapists and no amount of telling them 'not to' will change that.

Peil · 2013-03-24T21:09:27+00:00

I always thought /r/MensRights was just an interesting side to the story that most people didn't think about, so I subscribed. But now I think about it, my mom always reminds me not to rape girls. Like really, probably once or twice a week. It pisses me off so much.

McPants32 · 2013-03-24T21:20:07+00:00

But CNN would never sensationalize articles.

greynoises · 2013-03-24T21:43:02+00:00

Well its the same way we teach kids not to be thieves and liars. I think that its better to teach your children not to rape anyone, same way you teach them not to lie and not to steal, and not to be immoral.

Umedark · 2013-03-24T22:05:01+00:00

I just want to say that this is most likely a back peddle, there was a big scandal with CNN and the Steubenville rape trial.

zlam · 2013-03-24T22:48:58+00:00

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barn_burner · 2013-03-24T23:17:33+00:00

I am also raising my son(and daughters) to not be a thief, or a murderer or an extortionist, or a jaywalker or an arsonist the list is endless.

typhonblue · 2013-03-24T18:23:47+00:00

Threat Narrative.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSmg6JDRNqg

Altiondsols · 2013-03-24T18:43:47+00:00

Looking a little bit closer: "How girls were complicit in Steubenville."

At least they aren't 100% misandric.

Vwyx · 2013-03-24T22:42:19+00:00

I find the "girls complicit in Steubenville Rape" part at least as offensive.

HoundDogs · 2013-03-25T01:56:17+00:00

For fucks sake. How can they possibly be that fucking stupid?

theecakee · 2013-03-25T02:46:25+00:00

I read the article, and it is not nearly as bad as it looks. She does address that rape/sexual assault is not just committed by men and men can be victims.....but she purposely gave it this title to probably get this attention, in which is another reason why I highly hate mainstream media.

Really, the idea of talking to kids about rape or any serious crime is kind of a "well no shit" type of thing.

Electroverted · 2013-03-25T03:20:53+00:00

No, CNN, this is not an acceptable way to apologize for the Steubenville comments. Now fuck off, you pandering piece of shit.

ExiledSenpai · 2013-03-25T04:01:55+00:00

"How girls were complicit in Steubenville."

What's the big deal?

johnetec · 2013-03-24T21:58:09+00:00

http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-Parenthood/2013/0318/Steubenville-rape-trial-How-can-I-raise-my-boy-not-to-rape-nor-be-a-bystander

Here is another one.

funnyfaceking · 2013-03-25T01:26:35+00:00

CNNLiving is not the front page

2013-03-25T01:52:25+00:00

Here's [the article](http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/22/living/son-do-not-rape-steubenville which is still live.

I didn't want to spend my Sunday night raging, but...

FishInTheTrees · 2013-03-25T02:20:40+00:00

CNN is running out of feet to shoot.

zdaytonaroadster · 2013-03-25T02:27:30+00:00

r/feminism strikes again

iownacat · 2013-03-25T02:27:32+00:00

So thats what we are doing wrong!

aragorn_2 · 2013-03-25T02:33:53+00:00

Shaking my head in shame...

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the0ther · 2013-03-25T04:03:48+00:00

cnn is for ladies

2013-03-25T09:57:27+00:00

I must have missed the crucial anti-rape training my family was supposed to give me when I was growing up. Shucks.

Chamoflage · 2013-03-25T10:10:57+00:00

Step 1: Do not go out of your way to mold him into a sociopath.

Step 2: There is no step 2.

Yrmahon · 2013-03-25T11:01:18+00:00

The 'How to create a winning child' headline is pathetic also.

Lightfiend · 2013-03-25T12:17:27+00:00

Does this mean the #rapeculture is finally over?

ShadowSlipper · 2013-03-25T12:53:40+00:00

The irony is the article on the side talking about "How to Create a Winning Child" and it's that obsession with being perfect (and then putting a girl in the photo) that creates this dissonance in the first place. Wanna know how to not raise a rapist? Teach them the long game, the value of hard work for it's sake, and that you can't have everything. Those lessons will do more to reduce rape than anything else.

applepasta · 2013-03-25T13:55:32+00:00

Hey, being offensive to one end of the spectrum didn't work... let's try just being offensive to everyone else!

Epsilon1472 · 2013-03-25T14:01:58+00:00

The only people I know who have been raped are guys that were raped by women when they were kids. 13-14 year old girls forcing 7-8 year old boys into it. There really needs to be more awareness of rapes perpetrated by females, but for some reason people get so offended if you even try to bring it up.

2013-03-25T14:17:55+00:00

Gotta love that logic, "your boy will become a rapist unless you heroically stop him!"

74xshoreline · 2013-03-25T14:35:13+00:00

You know, I thought I had lost it when CNNs Top Article was Walmart discounting the prices of iPhones, during Newtown and with big developments happening in Syria. But, this.... this blows my mind. How are you going to sympathize with rapists, and then turn around and publish an article like this? Offending SO MANY PEOPLE.

2013-03-25T15:37:03+00:00

Just wanted to say, OP this thread makes you seem a little rapey.

I'm currently using all available willpower to not be a rapist, so hopefully someone else can help you with that.

alphabetpal · 2013-03-25T15:38:52+00:00

Looking forward to "raising a black kid not to steal".

Bohica69 · 2013-03-25T16:53:38+00:00

I suggest that author NEVER have sons. Women, in general, treat boys and men as if they are some sort of cancer to be eradicated, until they need protection or something done. Fuck her.

doublefistedwhoppers · 2013-03-24T19:19:18+00:00

Does this mean I can rape a bunch of women and cry that "the system failed me" when I get caught?

Because... c'mon... nobody taught me not to rape...

/s

cuttlefishmenagerie · 2013-03-25T01:22:56+00:00

Doesn't it really just come down to "Raise your children to respect others' wishes"?

Rape is a real problem, but I think lack of respect is the root cause.

2013-03-24T19:37:17+00:00

Bonus points: "How girls were complicit in Stuebenvile"

SuperBicycleTony · 2013-03-25T02:56:25+00:00

(TW: rape, sexual assault) The "teach men not to rape" dogma is a nice, elegant, easily implemented strategy with one fatal flaw-it is virtually useless. Rape is not about uncontrollable male libido, a sex-saturated culture, or sexual gratification. In most cases, rape is about power. A rapist is usually a sadistic individual with a strong need for power, respect, and a sort of fearful reverence by others. That is the primary reason why invading soldiers would rape the town's women-it wasn't about getting some as much as it was about showing the enemy that they were utterly vanquished and powerless.

If anything is increasing the incidence of rape, it would be the increased need for an individual, male or female, to assert their dominance over others. However, historically, rape is less prevalent in the developed world than it was. One theory as to why is that people are expressing power in other forms-there are more modern ways to "vanquish" someone.

Ultimately, rape is a despicable act committed by a power-mad individual. Telling men not to rape is not going to solve the problem.

tanalilt · 2013-03-24T21:32:43+00:00

I don't think there's anything wrong with teaching boys that rape is not acceptable. Far too few people have this lesson instilled from the very beginning, and think that rape is acceptable for some silly reason. They should be teaching this to everyone, but there's nothing wrong with saying they are teaching it to boys, as it is in direct response to the large case that has been taking over the news. If it had been a woman raping men, yes, they probably would have said 'teaching kids not to rape'. But at least they're teaching it. Progress comes in small, small bits sometimes.

There's an idea going around now, too, that it should be part of sex education that sex should only be had when consent is present, and going over consent in class. Far too few sex ed programs do this.

rogue780 · 2013-03-24T17:35:53+00:00

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/22/living/son-do-not-rape-steubenville/index.html?hpt=hp_bn11

Next we should have an article:

Raising a girl not to be a whore

pwnsomeandrew · 2013-03-24T20:16:48+00:00

Would you prefer "how to raise a girl to not get raped"?

Title	This Was on CNN's Front Page
Author	Anonymous999
Upvotes	1657
Comments	217
Date	March 24, 2013 4:34 PM UTC (13 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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